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A mantuai herceg muzsikusa
A szerző új regényét Tiziano halálával kezdi: Itáliában elhalványodik a képzőművészet sokszázados ragyogása s a múzsák az új művészet – a zene felé fordulnak. a cinqeucento utolsó évtizedeiben tűnik fel Claudio Monteverdi, Itália máig is legnagyobb komponistáinak egyike, az opera teremtő géniusza: fiatalon Mantuába kerül, ahol egy könnyűvérű, de elevenszellemű herceg (aki oly ismert szerepet kapott a Rigolettóban) ösztönzi arra,hogy kiemelkedjék a liturgikus zeneszerzők, madrigálisták szinte névtelen seregéből s kiformálja a „dramma per musica”-t – a mai operát. A kicsiny, de tündöklő mantuai udvarnak Tasso, Monteverdi és Rubens örök alakjai adnak mély történelmi értéket. Az Orfeo komponistája e könnyelmű, de művészetkedvelő udvar forgatagából súlyos egyéni tragédiák során át kerül Velencébe, hogy ott élete alkonyán megírhassa e város „örök farsangjában” utolsó monumentális főművét, az Incoronazione di Poppeá-t. E kevéssé ismert, késő-reneszánsz és korabarokk határvonalán álló kort teremtette újra e nagy komponista sorsának tükrében a szerző új, hatalmas történelmi regénye.
622 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1975
About the author
László Passuth
49 books11 followersLászló Passuth (Budapest July 15, 1900 - Balatonfüred, June 19, 1979) was Hungarian and a prolific author of historical fiction and translator.
He graduated with a law degree from the University of Szeged. From 1919 to 1950 he worked mainly as a bank clerk and then, until his retirement, in a government office for translation. His first attempts as a writer appeared in the 1920s in several magazines. Passuth served as the main secretary of the Hungarian PEN Club from 1945–60, although he was expelled in 1948 from the Hungarian Writers’ Union in 1948 under the Stalinist take-over.
His first novel, Eurasia, published in 1937, was followed by a number of historical novels; they showed sophisticated style and attention to precise historical detail. In 1939, he published The Rain God Weeps over Mexico (Eng. Title, Tlaloc Weeps for Mexico), a novel about Cortez and the conquest of Mexico; it was his first work to attract international attention; it was translated into French, German, Spanish, and English. Among his some 40 novels are also Joan of Naples (1940), based on the life of the medieval queen, Joan I, and Madrigal (1968), a novel around the life of composer Carlo Gesualdo.
He graduated with a law degree from the University of Szeged. From 1919 to 1950 he worked mainly as a bank clerk and then, until his retirement, in a government office for translation. His first attempts as a writer appeared in the 1920s in several magazines. Passuth served as the main secretary of the Hungarian PEN Club from 1945–60, although he was expelled in 1948 from the Hungarian Writers’ Union in 1948 under the Stalinist take-over.
His first novel, Eurasia, published in 1937, was followed by a number of historical novels; they showed sophisticated style and attention to precise historical detail. In 1939, he published The Rain God Weeps over Mexico (Eng. Title, Tlaloc Weeps for Mexico), a novel about Cortez and the conquest of Mexico; it was his first work to attract international attention; it was translated into French, German, Spanish, and English. Among his some 40 novels are also Joan of Naples (1940), based on the life of the medieval queen, Joan I, and Madrigal (1968), a novel around the life of composer Carlo Gesualdo.
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