Papal music and musicians in late Medieval and Renaissance Rome
By: edited by Richard Sherr.
Contributors: Sherr, Richard.
Publisher: Clarendon Press in association with Library of Congress, Washington; Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Church music -- Catholic Church -- Congresses; Church music -- Italy -- Rome -- Congresses; Church musicians -- Italy -- Rome -- Congresses
Description: This book collects twelve of the papers given at a conference held at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., on 1-3 April 1993, in conjunction with the exhibition 'Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture'. A group of distinguished scholars considered music in medieval and renaissance Rome. The volume presents a series of wide-ranging and original treatments of music written for and performed in the papal court from the 14th to the 16th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-320) and index.
Papers presented at the symposium "Music, musicians, and musical culture in Renaissance Rome," Apr. 1-3, 1993, at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.