Product Description: Between 1485 and 1492 Cardinal Ascanio Sforza was the recipient of a music treatise composed for him by “Florentius Musicus” (Florentius de Faxolis), who had served him in Naples and Rome. Now in Milan, the richly illuminated small parchment codex bears witness to the musical interests of the cardinal, himself an avid singer taught by Duke Ercole d’Este...read more

Product Description: Although canons pervade music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, they have not received proportionate attention in the musicological literature. The contributions in this book shed light on canons and canonic techniques from a wide range of perspectives, such as music theory and analysis, compositional and performance practice, palaeography and notation, as well as listening expectations and strategies...read more

Product Description: This entirely new volume of NOHM takes account of developments in late-medieval music scholarship, along with significant changes in the performance practice of the late-medieval repertory, witnessed during the latter half of the 20th century. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Bonnie J. Blackburn's analysis and exploration of music just prior to the Baroque period offers insights into a range of musicians, composers, critics and patrons of the arts in 15th- and 16th-century Europe. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book is a collection of letters between Bolognese music theorist Giovanni Spataro (c. 1459-1541) and his main correspondents, Giovanni del Lago and Pietro Acron. The 110 letters, which survive in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the Bibliotheque Naionale, offer a vivid insight into the intellectual world of a group of sixteenth-century music theorists and performing musicians living in Italy...read more