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Ellen Rosand shows how opera, born of courtly entertainment, took root in the special social and economic environment of 17th century Venice and there developed the stylistic and aesthetic characteristics we recognise as opera today.Rosand, Ellen is the author of 'Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice', published 2007 under ISBN 9780520254268 and ISBN 0520254260.
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