A collection ranging from c.1600 to c.1750, surveying the great period of Italian Bel Canto writing. Arias and songs by Busatti, Buzzoleni, Caccini, Calestini, Carissimi, Cavalli, Frescobaldi, Gaglian
First paperback edition of classic introductory text by world-renowned musicologist and authority on Palestrina. Features history of contrapuntal theory, technical features, "species" exercises in 2-
This classic study remains one of the foremost works on the music of the 16th-century composer known as Palestrina. A rigorous and valuable analysis of the composer's handling of rhythm, line, and har
