Tim Carter is David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard A. Goldthwaite is Professor Emeritus of History at Johns Hopkins University.

How did Renaissance musicians balance their creative and practical lives? Drawing on Peri's many unpublished account books and letters, this exemplary collaborative study explores how one famous Florentine composer-performer successfully combined business, finance, and family management with a musical career at the Medici court. Fascinating and original, it will delight social and cultural historians as well as those of music and the economy.

Tim Carter is David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard A. Goldthwaite is Professor Emeritus of History at Johns Hopkins University.

How did Renaissance musicians balance their creative and practical lives? Drawing on Peri's many unpublished account books and letters, this exemplary collaborative study explores how one famous Florentine composer-performer successfully combined business, finance, and family management with a musical career at the Medici court. Fascinating and original, it will delight social and cultural historians as well as those of music and the economy.

Tim Carter is David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Richard A. Goldthwaite is Professor Emeritus of History at Johns Hopkins University.

How did Renaissance musicians balance their creative and practical lives? Drawing on Peri's many unpublished account books and letters, this exemplary collaborative study explores how one famous Florentine composer-performer successfully combined business, finance, and family management with a musical career at the Medici court. Fascinating and original, it will delight social and cultural historians as well as those of music and the economy.