tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post6500929335616452518..comments2024-03-29T07:38:17.008-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Why Monteverdi?Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-33439602731035672182017-02-27T21:42:36.749-06:002017-02-27T21:42:36.749-06:00Thanks Archilochus. Your support is much appreciat...Thanks Archilochus. Your support is much appreciated!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-64869685197700282192017-02-27T20:44:11.455-06:002017-02-27T20:44:11.455-06:00I am very excited for this series. I discovered M...I am very excited for this series. I discovered Monteverdi three years ago and he has moved me profoundly ever since!Archilochushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09281944430500295767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-80762884235467021692017-02-27T14:40:24.823-06:002017-02-27T14:40:24.823-06:00Wow, you're right! I hadn't realized. Born...Wow, you're right! I hadn't realized. Born in 1567.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-32041076519983022672017-02-27T11:38:52.775-06:002017-02-27T11:38:52.775-06:00It's an auspicious time to focus on Monteverdi...It's an auspicious time to focus on Monteverdi too, as this year marks his 450th birthday!<br /><br />I vividly remember being in Venice some years ago and stumbling unexpectedly upon his tomb (in the Franciscan church, the "Frari"). Of course I knew that he had lived in Venice, and it stood to reason that he'd also have been buried there, but those of us raised in the New World can still be surprised when people we know from history books turn out to have been real after all.Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com