Broken Harmony

by Joseph M. Ortiz

Music was a subject of considerable debate during the Renaissance. The notion that music could be interpreted in a meaningful way clashed regularly with evidence that music was in fact profoundly promiscuous in its application and effects. Subsequently, much writing in the period reflects a desire to ward off music's illegibility rather than come to terms with its actual effects. In Broken Harmony, Joseph M. Ortiz revises our understanding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801449316
• ISBN13: 9780801449314
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher