Padre Martini's Closed and Enigmatic Canons with Solutions by Luigi Cherubini: A 19th-Century Guide Into Renaissance Music Riddles

by Luciane Beduschi

Every chapter of the three volumes of Giovanni Battista Martini's Storia della Musica begins and ends with an enigmatic canon: 72 puzzle canons, which formed the subject of debate in the 18th and 19th centuries. Luigi Cherubini proposed solutions for all canons, forming a pedagogical collection designed to reveal the secrets of the enigmatic canons practice to 19th-century musicians. Cherubini explained in detail how each proposed solution was reached...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503608477
• ISBN13: 9782503608471
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.