Sounding the Bookshelf 1501 : Music in a Year of Italian Printed Books

This volume explores how everyday texts in Renaissance Italy engaged with music, sound, and hearing. Of the 358 known editions printed in 1501, only a few contained formal music notation or specialist theory. Yet a surprising wealth of musical knowledge emerges from religious texts, classical commen...

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Autores principales: Tim Shephard, Oliver Doyle, Ciara O’Flaherty, Annabelle Page, Laura Ştefănescu
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Publicado: Open Book Publishers 2025
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