Talk:L'Orfeo

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I took out a rather critical word --"mistaken" in this context: "This idea of theatrical works set to music was taken from the mistaken notion that the Ancient Greeks had sung their plays." There is conflicting evidence on this matter, but it is quite clear that at least some of the action in Ancient Greek plays was sung. A tantalizing scrap of manuscript of Euripides from Alexandria, I think 200s BCE, has music notation for every word. It is true that the Florentine Camerata thought that the plays were sung, and opera was an attempt to recreate that. Antandrus 02:41, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)