Studies in the history of Italian music and music theory / Claude V. Palisca.
| Author/creator |
Palisca, Claude V. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. |
| Description | xii, 522 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | Part I. Studies in the history of Italian music theory. The revision of counterpoint and the embellished style -- Vincenzo Galilei's counterpoint treatise: a code for the Seconda pratica -- The artusi - Monteverdi controversy -- Marco Scacchi's defence of modern music (1649) -- The Musica of Erasmus of Horitz -- Boethius in the Renaissance -- Aristoxenus redeemed in the Renaissance -- Scientific empiricism in musical thought -- Part II. Studies in the history of Italian music. A clarification of Musica reservata in Jean Taisnier's Astrologiae, 1559 -- Ut oratoria musica: the rhetorical basis of musical mannerism -- Towards an intrinsically musical definition of mannerism in the sixteenth century -- Vincenzo Galilei and some links between 'pseudo-monody' and monody -- Vincenzo Galilei's arrangements for voice and lute -- Musical asides in the diplomatic correspondence of Emilio de' Cavalieri -- The alterati of Florence, pioneers in the theory of dramatic music -- The first performance of Euridice -- Peri and the theory of recitative -- G. B. Doni, musicological activist and his Lyra Barberina -- The recitative of Lully's Alceste: French declamation or Italian melody?. |
| Abstract | The author has long been acknowledged as a leading authority of Italian music of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. These nineteen essays, originally published between 1956 and 1980, draw together a body of significant research into Italian music and music theory, and make readily available papers widely scattered and most now out-of-print. They have further been selected because of their relevance to current research, as evidenced by their continued citation in publications and dissertations. The book is in two parts: 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 prefatory note - sometimes extensive - accompanies each of the older essays, reviewing recent research on the topic, including the author's, and reactions and responses to the original article. Footnote references have been brought up to date. The text is complemented by over a hundred music examples and a number of illustrations. |
| General note | Essays; most originally published 1956-1986. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 93042792 |
| ISBN | 0198161670 : |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML290.1 .P35 1994 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |