The Renaissance: Source Readings in Music History

A representative selection of the great writings on music from the Renaissance, which marked the first stirrings of modern concepts among musicians. Chapters: (1) Musical Theorists of the Renaissance: Joannes Tinctoris, Bartolome Ramos, Pietro Aron, Gioseffe Zarlino, Pietro Cerone, & Thomas Morley; (2) Music in Renaissance Life & Thought: Baldassare Castiglione, Pierre de Ronsard, Giovanni de Bardi, G.P. da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, William Byrd, & Henry Peacham; & (3) Reformation & Counter-Reformation: Martin Luther, Johann Walther, Jean Calvin, Claude Goudimel, Jacob de Kerle, & Pope Gregory XIII.