Essays on Italian Poetry and Music in the Renaissance, 1350-1600

The essays explore the evolution of text-music relationships from Petrarch to Guarini and the transition from madrigals of Giovanni da Cascia to those of Gesualdo da Venosa, highlighting the high Renaissance's union of verbal and musical cadence.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 15 July 2022
Publisher: University of California Press

These essays provide a comprehensive exploration of the evolving dynamics between text and music from the era of Petrarch to Guarini, as well as the musical evolution from the madrigals of Giovanni da Cascia to those of Gesualdo da Venosa. Haar meticulously traces a developmental trajectory, spanning from the stylized rhetoric of Trecento song to the popularizing trends of Quattrocento music, ultimately culminating in the harmonious union of verbal and musical cadence that characterized the pinnacle of Renaissance Italian music in the sixteenth century.

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Weight: 408g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520329959