Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: A Research Guide / Edition 1

by Clara Marvin

Overview

First Published in 2002. This guide introduces students and scholars to the literature on Palestrina as well as the complicated history of the publication of his works. This bibliography is divided into four primary sections: historical background on musical, social, and cultural life; biographical literature; studies of sources, music, and style; and reception history. They are divided roughly into the periods dating from Palestrina's lifetime to about 1750; from about 1750 to about 1914; from 1914 to the present. This title also contains historical research on performance conditions and practices as they would have applied in Palestrina's time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815323518
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/08/2002
Series:	Routledge Music Bibliographies , #56
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Clara Marvin is Professor of Music at Queen's School of Music in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina; Chapter 1 Chronology and Biographical Outline; Chapter 2 Primary Sources: Printed. Music; Chapter 3 Primary Sources: A Checklist of Manuscripts; Chapter 4 Modern Editions of Palestrina's Music I: Comprehensive Editions; Chapter 5 Modern Editions of Palestrina's Music II: Collected and Individual Works; Chapter 6 Bibliography of Secondary Literature; Chapter 7 Discography;