1st Edition

MS Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Magl. XIX, 164–167

By Anthony M. Cummings Copyright 2006
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

Manuscript Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Magliabechiana XIX, 164-167 (FlorBN Magl. 164-7) has been the subject of considerable scholarly attention. The prevailing assumption had been that it was a Florentine source of the early sixteenth century. More recently, it has been argued that its provenance is not as easily determined as it first appears, and that there are Roman connections... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; The manuscript as object and its genesis; The manuscript in historical and cultural context; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; List of compositions;List of composers; General index.

Biography

Anthony M. Cummings is Provost, Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Music at Lafayette College, USA.

’... a model study... a good piece of work, which should be [...] shelved alongside the facsimile.’ Early Music Review