Agostino Agazzari and Music at Siena Cathedral, 1597-1641 - Colleen (Assistant Professor of Musicology Reardon - Bog

Agazzari was a prominent theorist of the early Baroque, responsible for an important treatise on basso continuo in 1607. He was also a composer of some significance. This study of his life and times opens a window on the musical culture of Siena during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.