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IMAGE: The manuscripts include arias that were foundational in the history of opera a genre that emerged in the early seventeenth century. view more
Credit: Michel Garrett, Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. In 1916 and 1917, a musician and book dealer named Giovanni Concina sold three ornately decorated seventeenth-century songbooks to a library in Venice, Italy. Now, more than 100 years later, a musicologist at Penn State has discovered that the manuscripts are fakes, meticulously crafted to appear old but actually fabricated just prior to their sale to the library. The manuscripts are rare among music forgeries in that the songs are authentic, but the books are counterfeit.
Greta Claringbould (L), Maartje Sevenster (R), with Rachel Walker on viola da gamba and Peter Young playing the organ/harpsichord and directing. Photo: Peter Hislop.
Music / “Il Divino Claudio – The Magic of Monteverdi”, Adhoc Baroque. St Paul’s Anglican Church, Manuka. February 14. Reviewed by
ROB KENNEDY.
ADHOC Baroque last performed in public in December 2019, but even through a forced lockdown and a pandemic, the quality of this small group hasn’t been affected.
In this “return” concert, the music of Monteverdi, Leonarda, Cesti and Quinciani featured. The performers were Greta Claringbould, soprano, Maartje Sevenster, mezzo-soprano, Rachel Walker, viola da gamba and Peter Young playing the organ/harpsichord and directing.