The Civic Muse; Music and Musicians in Siena During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

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).