Studies in Italian Sacred and Instrumental Music in the 17th Century

Contents

• Contents: Preface
• Liturgical Practice and Sacred Music: Liturgical problems in Monteverdi's Marian Vespers
• The uses of the sonata da chiesa
• The use of instruments in sacred music in Italy 1560-1700
• The Violoncello and Other Stringed Instruments: From violone to violoncello: a question of strings?
• Terminology for the bass violin in 17th-century Italy
• Catline strings revisited
• Correlli's heritage: the early bass violin in Italy
• The making of gut strings in 18th-century Paris
• Further thoughts on the history of strings
• Notation and Style: The instrumental music of Giovanni Legrenzi
• The instrumental music of Giovanni Legrenzi: style and significance
• Brossard's practice concerning the use of accidentals and the continuo in his instrumental music
• A formal convention in 17th-century Italien instrumental music
• General: The use of instruments in the ensemble canzona and sonata in Italy, 1580-1650
• Chronological register of documents concerned with music (1583-1710) in Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo
• The interpretation of notation in music for Italian instrumental ensembles in the mid- to late-17th century
• Index.