The Italian Madrigal: Volume II

by Alfred Einstein

Book Overview

Volume 2 of 3. This monumental three-volume work on the Italian madrigal from its beginnings about 1500 to its decline in the 17th century is based on the research of 40 years, and is a cultural history of the development of Italian music. Mr. Einstein, renowned musicologist, supplies a background and a sense of proportion to the field: he gives the right order to the single composers in the evolution fo the madrigal, attaches new values to old...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691655782
• ISBN13: 9780691655789
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 10.0"