Contents // Acknowledgments vii // About the Companion Website ix // Introduction 1 // An Age of Rhetorical Persuasion 2 // PART 1: PREPARING THE TEXT // Words Appropriately Fitted to the Notes 17 // PART 2: ELOCUTIO: FINE WORDS AND MUSIC // Every Trope, Every Figure 43 // PART 3: P RON UNCI ATIO: SINGING ELOQUENTLY AND // ACTING APTLY // 1. The Art of Vocal Delivery 81 // All the Senses Satisfied 84 // v // vi Contents // Accent and Emphasis 98 // Pronouncing Distinctly 109 // Figures and Passionate Ornaments Made Manifest 109 // 2. A Garden of Embellishment 124 // Divisions 125 // Graces 164 // Part Songs 171 // 3. Action 182 // PART 4: PASSIONATE AYRES PRONOUNCED // 1. The Prosopopoeiii in England 201 // John Dowland, “Sorrow stay” 206 // John Dowland, “In darknesse let mee dwell" 217 // 2. Affetto cantando and Consort Singing in Italy 227 // Giulio Caccini, “Deh dove son fuggiti” 227 // Claudio Monteverdi, “Baci soavi e cari” 240 // Appendix 259 // Understanding Learned Compositions 259 // The Addition of Sharps and Flats 273 // Glossary 307 // References 317 // Index 325