Dafne

Notice has already been taken in a former chapter of his appearance in the field of opera composition, in setting new music to Rinuccini's "Dafne," on account of the German words being incapable of adaptation to the music of

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

Another event which was destined to exercise a momentous influence, not only on the growth of the use of instruments but also on the future development of liturgical music itself, was the birth of opera with the first performance (1594) of Jacopo Peri's "Dafne" in Florence.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

The first of these was by Ottavio Rinuccini, author of "Dafne" and

Some Forerunners of Italian Opera 1896

The first work in which the new style of composition was used was the 'Dafne' of Jacopo Peri, which was privately performed in 1597.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

The first German opera, strictly so called, was the 'Dafne' of Heinrich Schütz, the words of which were a translation of the libretto already used by Peri.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

"Dafne" was performed in 1597 at the house of Count Corsi, with great success, but the music has been lost, and nothing more definite is known about it.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

Infanta of Savoy, Rinuccini prepared the libretti for two operas, entitled "Dafne" and "Arianna," the second of which was set to music by Claudio Monteverde, the ducal musical director, a man of extraordinary genius.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

It is evident, therefore, that if the style had been in any manner derived from the Florentine experiments already noted, it must have been from the earlier opera "Dafne" and not from

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

A copy of Peri's "Dafne" was sent to Dresden and as a preparation for performance the text was translated, but it was found impossible to adapt the German words to the Italian recitative, owing to the different structure of the German sentences, bringing the emphasis in totally different places.

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874

This beginning of opera, for so it was, was also the beginning of opera in Germany, as we shall presently see, for about twenty years later a copy of "Dafne" was carried to Dresden for production there before the court, but when the libretto had been translated into

A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874