Wilson, Blake McDowell

In Florence around 1475, the manner preferred by the city’s literati for performing Tuscan poetry would have been solo, improvisatory song. By 1525, the polyphonic madrigal had become the pre-eminent vehicle. This is a striking...

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Wilson, Blake McDowell

For more information on the published version, visit the Olschki Website., This is the first comprehensive study on the sources and the practice of the rich and characteristic Florentine tradition of cantasi come. The...

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