Laurenz Lütteken is Professor of Musicology at the University of Zurich. He is is general editor of MGG Online and the author of Richard Strauss: Musik der Moderne and Mozart: Leben und Musik im Zeitalter der Aufklärung.

• Foreword by Christopher ReynoldsPrefaceChapter 1 • The Era and Its TermsChapter 2 • Social Reality and Cultural InteractionChapter 3 • Text and TextsChapter 4 • Forms of PerceptionChapter 5 • MemoriaGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

“Music of the Renaissance is a fascinating discourse on the cultural and aesthetic relationships that characterize musical thought and practice from roughly the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. …It is a brilliant piece of work that packs a world of information into a relatively slim volume. Highly recommended.”

Laurenz Lütteken is Professor of Musicology at the University of Zurich. He is is general editor of MGG Online and the author of Richard Strauss: Musik der Moderne and Mozart: Leben und Musik im Zeitalter der Aufklärung.

• Foreword by Christopher ReynoldsPrefaceChapter 1 • The Era and Its TermsChapter 2 • Social Reality and Cultural InteractionChapter 3 • Text and TextsChapter 4 • Forms of PerceptionChapter 5 • MemoriaGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

“Music of the Renaissance is a fascinating discourse on the cultural and aesthetic relationships that characterize musical thought and practice from roughly the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. …It is a brilliant piece of work that packs a world of information into a relatively slim volume. Highly recommended.”

Laurenz Lütteken is Professor of Musicology at the University of Zurich. He is is general editor of MGG Online and the author of Richard Strauss: Musik der Moderne and Mozart: Leben und Musik im Zeitalter der Aufklärung.

• Foreword by Christopher ReynoldsPrefaceChapter 1 • The Era and Its TermsChapter 2 • Social Reality and Cultural InteractionChapter 3 • Text and TextsChapter 4 • Forms of PerceptionChapter 5 • MemoriaGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

“Music of the Renaissance is a fascinating discourse on the cultural and aesthetic relationships that characterize musical thought and practice from roughly the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. …It is a brilliant piece of work that packs a world of information into a relatively slim volume. Highly recommended.”