| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction. A correspondence of Renaissance musicians -- History of the manuscripts -- Giovanni Spataro -- Pietro Aaron -- The art of composition -- Giovanni del Lago and his Epistole -- Giovanni del Lago's 'Authorities' -- Mensural notation -- Part 2. The letters. Principles of the edition -- Letters. The correspondence between Giovanni Spataro, Marc' Antonio Cavazzoni, Giovanni del Lago, and Pietro Aaron (nos. 1-67) -- Giovanni del Lago's correspondence with other musicians (nos. 68-98) -- Pietro Aaron's correspondence with other musicians (nos. 99-105) -- Miscellaneous letters (nos. 106-10) -- Biographical dictionary -- Notes on problematical terms. |
| Abstract |
This book comprises an edition of the Spataro Correspondence, so called after its main author, the Bolognese music theorist Giovanni Spataro (c. 1459-1541). Spataro's main correspondents were Giovanni del Lago and Pietro Aaron. The 110 letters, which survive in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the Bibliotheque Nationale, offer a vivid insight into the intellectual world of a group of sixteenth-century music theorists and performing musicians living in Italy. With this edition an important body of source material now becomes readily available. Each letter appears in its entirety in the original Italian, with a full English summary, commentary, and notes. A reference section includes a biographical dictionary and explanatory notes on problematic terms. |
| General note | Italian text and English translation. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 1037-1049) and index. |
| LCCN | 90014197 |
| ISBN | 0193151537 |
