Introduction to the debut tracing verified facts and examining various conjectures as to staging and actors involved.

Renascence Editions HTML copy of the 1634 text.

Footnoted text provides interpretation and critical apparatus with historical background.

Downloadable digitized book in PDF from the library collection at Case Western Reserve University.

Analysis of the genesis of the piece, a discussion as to its genre, and background material on its wedding to the then-new Baroque music.