Vieni Imeneo: Music and Marriage in Renaissance Italy
The Boston Camerata
Anne Azéma, artistic director
Program conceived and directed by Joel Cohen
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
October 19, 2008, 1:30pm Cassone Concert
A musical tour of nuptial mores in Florence, Rome, Venice, and other centers of Italian splendor, ca. 1450–1600: the pride and power of noble families, the resplendent bride and groom, the blessing of the Church, and the nocturnal rites of Hymen. Music of Dufay, Josquin, Marenzio, Andrea Gabrieli, Monteverdi, and others for varied consorts of voices and Renaissance instruments.
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