Morgenstern, Sam [ed.].

Composers on Music. An Anthology of Composer’s Writings from Palestrina to Copland.

First edition. New York, Pantheon, 1956. 16,5 cm x 24 cm. XXIII, 584 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear.

Contains among others the following chapters: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Secular and Sacred Texts, Music and Business; William Byrd: Singing, Performing and Listening; Giulio Caccini: The Beginnings of the Monodic Style; Thomas Morley: The Fantasie, Fugal Composition, Sight Singing, Tessitura and Transposition, Words and Music, Motet and Madrigal etc.

• Keywords: Composer · Music – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 81810AB

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