jan 1, 1589 - Wedding of Ferdinandode 'Medici and Christine of Lorraine

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Colossal wedding, with a colossally extravagant set of intermedii, allegorical pageants with music to be performed as interludes between acts of a spoken comedy.

6 intermedio were performed at the wedding, which were highly monodic, meaning monophonic melody accompanied by lute. Monody includes arias by Caccini and Peri

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