Source Readings in Music History: The Renaissance

by Oliver Strunk (Selected and Annotated by)

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, and Thomas Morley; (2) Music in Renaissance Life and Thought: Baldassare Castiglione, Pierre de Ronsard, Giovanni de' Bardi, G.P. da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, William Byrd, and Henry Peacham; and (3) Reformation and Counter-Reformation: Martin Luther, Johann Walther, Jean Calvin, Claude Goudimel, Jacob de Kerle, and Pope Gregory XIII.

175 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1965