The Gesualdo Hex: Music, Myth, and Memory

by Glenn Watkins

Book Overview

In this vivid tale of adultery and intrigue, witchcraft and murder, Glenn Watkins explores the fascinating life of the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo--a life suffused with scandal and bordering on the fantastical. An isolated prince, Gesualdo had a personal life that was no less eccentric and bewildering than the music he composed; his biography has often clouded our perception of his oeuvre, which music scholars have periodically dismissed as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393071022
• ISBN13: 9780393071023
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"