, 64
Poliziano, Angelo, 52, 55
sketch of career, 68 et seq.
Procession, succeeds dance, 3
Prompter, 200

Realism, Italian, 61
"Recitar alla lira," 114, 170
Recitative, in liturgical drama, 10
in first secular plays, 114
Florentine, 118, 212, 224
beginnings, 177
in comic opera, 181
impulses leading to modern, 207 et seq.
Caccini's, 224, 225, 229
Peri's, 227, 229
Romano, Giulio, 39

"Sacre Rappresentazioni," 13, 21 et seq.
music of, 24
time of origin, 27
sources of, 27
their construction and performance, 29
scenic effects, 30
as forerunners of opera, 32
"Saint Uliva," sacred play, 29
Sannazzaro, Jacopo, his "Arcadia," 62
Scene painting, in early plays, 93
Scenic effects, in "Sacre Rappresentazioni," 30
in Poliziano's "Orfeo," 86, 93
Schalmei, 145
Sensualism, esthetic in Italy, 61
Singing, development of technic, 214, 215
Solo, superseded by part song, 117
in madrigal drama, 198, 205
vocal, 114, 119, 222 et seq., 227
adapted from part songs, 119 et seq.
florid element abused, 222
Songs, arranged f