Mark Morris' L'Allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato: A Celebration

by Wendy Lesser and Matthew Lore

Book Overview

Mark Morris' 1988 dance, L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato, set to music by Handel and poems by John Milton, and inspired by watercolors by William Blake, has been called a work of "utopian... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569246319
• ISBN13: 9781569246313
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 4.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.3" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

An elegantly beautiful coffee table book

This is an elegantly beautiful coffee table book. Besides giving an insight into the creation of Mark Morris' dance epic of monumental beauty,"L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato," this book is eye candy for the lover of dance. The Mark Morris Dance Company has been performing this extraordinary piece using Handel's music and Milton's poetry for over ten years to enthusiastic audiences all over the world. To own the book is to share in some of the joy of those audiences. It is better than owning an original Renaissance pastoral painting.