Bestel Nu Composers at Work: The Craft of Musical Composition 1450-1600 – Jessie Ann Owens

How did Renaissance composers write their music? In this revolutionary look at a subject that has fascinated scholars for years, musicologist Jessie Ann Owens offers new and striking evidence that contrary to accepted theory, sixteenth-century composers did not use scores to compose–even to write complex vocal polyphony.L^ L^ Drawing on sources that include contemporary theoretical treatises, documents and letters, iconographical evidence, actual fragments of composing slates, and numerous sketches, drafts…