William Hong said:

>My dad's old college music book from the 50s was about the same, in that it
>mentioned Monteverdi, but there were no recordings mentioned (there may not
>have been any at the time) nor lines from his works reproduced in it.  It
>was just a distant name back then, with a noted but unheard influence on
>later generations.

I remember distinctly buying a 2 record album in 78 RPM with some extracts
of Monteverdi's Madrigals in the late 40's.  And the Lamenti in LP in the
early fifties.

Ramiro Arguello