Description

Long acknowledged as a leading authority on Italian music of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, Claude V. Palisca here collects nineteen essays that provide a corpus of significant research into the music of the Italian Renaissance. The book is in two parts, providing studies on the history of Italian music theory and studies in the history of Italian music. The thread that runs through the book is the interaction between music theory and practice and between the humanist revival of antiquity and modern ideals of expression in the decades around 1600, a time of transition between the Renaissance and Baroque. A prefactory note accompanies each of the older essays, reviewing recent research on the topic, including the author's and other critic's reactions to the original article. Footnote references have been brought up to date and the text is complemented by over a hundred music examples and a number of illustrations.

Reviews

"The variety of subjects in this volume testifies both to Palisca's enormous range of knowledge and also to his narrative skills. Musicologists and early music musicians will benefit greatly from this book."--The Musical Times

"On the whole a fascinating volume, testimony to the wide-ranging interests and deep understanding that Palisca brings to the subjects of inquiry."--Sixteenth Century Journal

"This book is a must not only for research libraries but for any serious scholar of the Italian Renaissance."--Renaissance Quarterly

Product Details

544 pages; 23 illus., 106 music examples; ISBN13: 978-0-19-816167-7ISBN10: 0-19-816167-0

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