The early seventeenth century, when the first operas were written and technical advances with far-reaching consequences—such as tonal music—began to develop

Investigating the interrelationships between orality and writing in elite and popular textual culture in early modern Italy, this volume shows how the spoken or

Exploring the nexus of music and religious education involves fundamental questions regarding music itself, its nature, its interpretation, and its importance i

Music, Place, and Identity in Italian Urban Soundscapes circa 1550-1860 presents new perspectives on the role music played in the physical, cultural, and civic

This major two-volume study offers an interdisciplinary analysis of Montaigne's Essais and their fortunes in early modern Europe and the modern western universi