Venetian Instrumental Music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi

A revised and enlarged republication of the edition originally published in Blackwell´s Music Series by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, England, 1987. Beginning with a chronicle of the history of instrumental music in Venice, it then provides a history of musical style before Gabrieli; examines the development of the canzona, sonata and concerto; and traces the musical careers of such figures as Giovanni Gabrieli, Albinoni, Vivaldi and the Marcellos.