The Duelist, A Continuation of the Euterpe Stories

by Enrico Toro | Feb 3, 2013

MagdeburgOctober 1635 Giacomo Carissimi closed the front door behind himself, and began to take his coat off. "Is that you, Jude?" The sound of his wife's voice calling out her nickname for him still stirred a . . . We're really sorry, but this is only available to...

Cadence: A Continuation of the Euterpe Stories

by Enrico Toro | Nov 30, 2012

GrantvilleMarch 1635 The doorbell rang. Elizabeth Jordan looked up from the sink where she was peeling carrots. "One of you get that," she called out. She heard Leah's feet go running across the floor. For a small girl, she had such a heavy tread . . . We're really...

Euterpe, Episode 5

by Enrico Toro | Oct 3, 2012

To Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ, Illustrissimus Collegium Anglicanum Roma From Maestro Giacomo Carissimi, Grantville, USE Second day of September, in our Lord's year 1634. Esteemed Father,   Yes, I know that I am very delinquent in responding to your last...

Euterpe, Episode 4

by Enrico Toro | Aug 1, 2010

To Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ, Illustrissimus Collegium Anglicanum Roma From Maestro Giacomo Carissimi, Grantville, USE Second day of January, in our Lord's year 1634. Dear and illustrious Father, Today I finally sit down to write to you. This is the first letter I...

Euterpe, Episode 3

by Enrico Toro | Jun 9, 2007

To Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ, Illustrissimus Collegium AnglicanumRoma From Maestro Giacomo Carissimi, Grantville, USA Seventh day of October, in our Lord's year 1633. Dear and honored father, How are you? I received your letter today. It was waiting for me at the...

EUTERPE, episode 2

by Enrico Toro | Jun 8, 2007

To Father Thomas Fitzherbert SJ of the Illustrissimus Collegium Anglicanum in Rome From Maestro Giacomo Carissimi in Thuringen Gardens, Grantville August 1633 Very Reverend Father, I am sorry it took so long to write you again, but a journey through Europe in these...

A Quick and Dirty Treatise on Historical Fencing

by Enrico Toro | Jun 7, 2007

"Et l'oggetto di questa scienza altro non è che il riparare et il ferire . . . le quali non potrà alcuno sapere se prima non havrà la cognitione dè tempi e delle misure . . . " [ . . . and the goal of this...

EUTERPE, episode 1

by Enrico Toro | Jun 7, 2007

Editor's note: Giacomo Carissimi and Girolamo Zenti are historical characters. They each gave important contributions to classic music. The first is considered the most important composer of the Roman baroque movement, an innovator of the era; the second was a...