Publisher's Synopsis
This book comprises an edition of the Spataro Correspondence, so called after its main author, the Bolognese music theorist Giovanni Spataro (c. 1459-1541). Spataro's main correspondents were Giovanni del Lago and Pietro Acron. The 110 letters, which survive in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and the Bibliotheque Nationale, offer a vivid insight into the intellectual world of a group of 16th-century music theorists and performing musicians living in Italy.;Each letter appears in its entirety in the original Italian, with a full English summary, commentary and notes. A reference section includes a biographical dictionary and explanatory notes on problematic terms.
