Frescobaldi Studies: Sources of Music and Their Interpretation (Sources of Music & Their Interpretation S.) - Tapa dura

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Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) occupies a special place in the history of music as the first significant European composer who concentrated his major creative efforts into the realm of instrumental music. In this collection of papers based on the Quadricentennial Frescobaldi Studies Conference, sixteen American and European specialists examine important aspects of the life and works of this composer and of his role in the creation of a new musical language of the Baroque.