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: Hardback
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 throughout different periods, from the time of Petrarch to Guarini, and in music, 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 leading to the remarkable union of verbal and musical cadence that characterized the high Renaissance in sixteenth-century Italian music.

This title is proudly presented as part of UC Press' Voices Revived program, a testament to our unwavering commitment to discovering and nurturing exceptional scholars, ensuring that their valuable insights and ideas find a voice, reach a wider audience, and have a profound impact. With a rich backlist dating back to 1893, Voices Revived employs print-on-demand technology to reissue these seminal works, making them accessible once again to scholars, students, and enthusiasts alike. Originally published in 1986, this title remains a valuable contribution to the field of music history and scholarship.

Weight: 590g
Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520369320