Frank anne

148447 — Chicago: University of Chicago Press 0-226-13366-4 1997. Hardcover 862pp. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Notes tables black & white and color illustrations musical notation color photographs register of musicians bibliography index. There is a tiny bump on the edge of the front cover and minor edgewear to the dust jacket. "Based on decades of research in local archives D'Accone's the Civic Muse brilliantly illuminates both the sacred and the secular aspects of more than three centuries of music and music-making in Siena. In addition to copious documentation from primary sources presented in Latin or Italian in the notes and paraphrased in the text the Civic Muse includes a variety of musical examples from the repertory of sacred and secular music performed in Siena. The book also contains a selection of illustrations showing the sites and sources of musical performances". Time Period Medieval Middle Ages Renaissance & Renaissance. Locale: Italy; Siena. Music Music. University of Chicago Press Hardcover