Orpheus in the marketplace : Jacopo Peri and the economy of late renaissance Florence /
Carter, Tim, 1954-
Orpheus in the marketplace : Jacopo Peri and the economy of late renaissance Florence / Tim Carter, Richard A. Goldthwaite. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiv, 479 pages) : illustrations. - I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- A Note on Money -- A Note on Transcriptions -- Introduction -- 1. The Social World -- 2. The Economic World -- 3. The Musical World -- 4. Last Years, Death, and the End of the Line -- Conclusion -- A. Chronology -- B. Letters from Jacopo Peri -- C. Catalogue of Peri's musical works -- D. Four poems concerning Jacopo Peri -- Works Cited -- Index.
This record of Florentine musician Jacopo Peri's wide-ranging investments and activities in the marketplace enables the first detailed account of the Florentine economy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and opens a completely new perspective on one of Europe's principal centers of capitalism.
9780674726574
Composers--Italy--Biography.
Composers--Economic conditions--Italy--Florence--16th century.
Finance, Personal--History--Italy--Florence--16th century.
Architecture and Design, other.
Composers--Italy--Biography.
Composers--Italy--Florence--16th century.--Economic conditions
Finance, Personal--Italy--Florence--16th century.--History
various.
Electronic Books.
ML410 / .O774 2013
Orpheus in the marketplace : Jacopo Peri and the economy of late renaissance Florence / Tim Carter, Richard A. Goldthwaite. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiv, 479 pages) : illustrations. - I Tatti studies in Italian Renaissance history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- A Note on Money -- A Note on Transcriptions -- Introduction -- 1. The Social World -- 2. The Economic World -- 3. The Musical World -- 4. Last Years, Death, and the End of the Line -- Conclusion -- A. Chronology -- B. Letters from Jacopo Peri -- C. Catalogue of Peri's musical works -- D. Four poems concerning Jacopo Peri -- Works Cited -- Index.
This record of Florentine musician Jacopo Peri's wide-ranging investments and activities in the marketplace enables the first detailed account of the Florentine economy in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and opens a completely new perspective on one of Europe's principal centers of capitalism.
9780674726574
Composers--Italy--Biography.
Composers--Economic conditions--Italy--Florence--16th century.
Finance, Personal--History--Italy--Florence--16th century.
Architecture and Design, other.
Composers--Italy--Biography.
Composers--Italy--Florence--16th century.--Economic conditions
Finance, Personal--Italy--Florence--16th century.--History
various.
Electronic Books.
ML410 / .O774 2013