Miguel Venegas and the Earliest Jesuit Theater: Choruses for Tragedies in Sixteenth-Century Europe

by Margarida Miranda

In Miguel Venegas and the Earliest Jesuit Theater, Margarida Miranda takes a fresh look at the origins of Jesuit theater and provides a detailed account of the life and work of Miguel Venegas (1529-after 1588) within the Iberian tradition. The book details Venegas's role as the founder of Jesuit theater in Portugal and the creator of a new musical genre, choruses for tragedies, which was gradually codified and emulated by successive generations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004340424
• ISBN13: 9789004340428
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"