Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Four-Voice Canzonetta as (and in) Recreational Polyphony
2. Intertextuality in Vecchi's Canzonettas and Madrigals, 1583-1590
3. Forest and Feast: The Music Book as Metaphor
4. L'Amfiparnaso: Picturing Theatre & The Problem of the "Madrigal Comedy"
5. Competition and Conversation: Games as Music
6. Representation and Identity in Musical Performance
Appendix: Vecchi, L'hore di recreatione from Madrigali a sei (1583).
Notes
Works Cited
Index

About the Author

Paul Schleuse is Associate Professor of Music at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Reviews

"This book makes a substantial contribution to the scholarship of late-Renaissance music and culture, and particularly to our understanding of Vecchi's work and its relationship to the music, literature, and society of his time." - Seth Coluzzi, Brandeis University