23h 54min, apr 18, 1520 y - Vincenzo Galilei
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A leading intellectual and father of the famous astronomerAttacked the overly contrapuntal style and extreme attempts at word painting
Said they could not express the “conceptions of the mind”
He urged a return to the text settings of the ancient greeks and a development of a new style of solo singing....
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23h 54min, apr 18, 1520 y
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