Music and Merchants - The Laudesi Companies of Republican Florence

by R. Blake Wilson and R. Blake Wilson

For all that has been written about Renaissance Florence, we know relatively little about its musical life, it religious life, and the aspirations of its average citizens. This book contributes significantly to an understanding of all of these by documenting and interpreting the corporate patronage of an important Florentine musical repertory over a period of some 200 years. Because the companies were, in many respects, both a microcosm and characteristic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019816176X
• ISBN13: 9780198161769
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"