Chapter XI

. The work then proceeds in recitative, varied by choruses,

duets, and trios. There are no solo arias. The aria form had not yet been developed. Here is part of a duet from Monteverde's "Orfeo."

[Music: Monteverde's "Orfeo".]

APOLLO AND ORPHEUS ASCEND TO HEAVEN, SINGING:-- Duet:

Saliam Saliam Can-tan - - - - - d'al cie - - - - lo - - - Saliam - - - - Can-tan - - - - - d'al cie lo

Dove ha vir-tu ve-ra-ce De-gno pre-mio di se Dove ha vir-tu ve-ra-ce De-gno pre-mio di se

di-let to e pa-ce - - - - - - - -

Dove ha vir-tu ve-ra-ce De-gno pre-mio di se Dove ha vir-tu ve-ra-ce De-gno pre-mio di se

di-let - to - e pa-ce. di-let - to - e pa-ce.

The opera ends with a dance. In his "Tancredi e Clorinda," an intermezzo produced in Venice in 1624, Monteverde introduced special instrumental effects which were to become of so great importance in opera. These effects I have already described in