The Florentine Camerata : documentary studies and translations
Early works to 1800
vi, 234 pages : facsimiles, music ; 26 cm.
9780300039160, 0300039166
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The Florentine Camerata
The proem on Plutarch's Musica to Titus Pyrrhinus / by Carlo Valgulio
The letter to Vincenzo Galilei of 8 May 1572 / from Girolamo Mei
The Discourse addressed to Giulio Caccini, called the Roman, on ancient music and good singing / by Giovanni Bardi
The discourse on how tragedy should be performed / by Giovanni Bardi
Three scientific essays. Discourse concerning the various opinions that the three most famous sects of ancient musicians had concerning the matter of sounds and tunings ; A special discourse concerning the diversity of the ratios of the diapason ; A special discourse concerning the unison / by Vincenzo Galiliei
The prescriptions for intermedi / by Giovanni Battista Strozzi the Younger
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