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Book on Music (Hardcover)
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Book on Music (Hardcover)
Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library
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Between 1485 and 1492 Cardinal Ascanio Sforza was the recipient of
a music treatise composed for him by "Florentius Musicus"
(Florentius de Faxolis), who had served him in Naples and Rome. Now
in Milan, the richly illuminated small parchment codex bears
witness to the musical interests of the cardinal, himself an avid
singer taught by Duke Ercole d'Este. Florentius, whose treatise,
found in no other source, is edited here for the first time,
evidently took the cardinal's predilections into account, for the
Book on Music is unusual for its emphasis on "the praises, power,
utility, necessity, and effect of music": he devotes far more space
to citations from classical and medieval authors than is the norm,
and his elevated style shows that he aspires to appear as a
humanist and not merely a technician. Likewise, the production
quality of the manuscript indicates the acceptance of music's place
within the high culture of the Quattrocento. The author's unusual
insights into the musical thinking of his day are discussed in the
ample commentary. The editors, a Renaissance musicologist (Bonnie
Blackburn) and a classical scholar (Leofranc Holford-Strevens),
have combined their disciplines to pay close attention both to
Florentius' text and to his teachings.
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