This is the only extensive study of the Monteverdi Vespers, vastly expanding on the author's 1978 set of essays on the subject, long since out-of-print. The volume studies the Vespers from the perspectives of its musical and liturgical origins and context, presents analytical essays on the music, and examines seventeenth-century performance practice as it pertains to the Vespers. Appendices include bibliographies and an analytical discography.

Part of a series of full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian sacred music which have been largely been unavailable for study or performance, includes a comprehensive introduction, composer history and offers modern notation for performers.

Part of a series of full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian sacred music which have been largely been unavailable for study or performance, includes a comprehensive introduction, composer history and offers modern notation for performers.

Part of a series of full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian sacred music which have been largely been unavailable for study or performance, includes a comprehensive introduction, composer history and offers modern notation for performers.

Part of a series of full-score volumes of 17th-century Italian music, this volume includes a comprehensive historical and biographical introduction, and offers modern notation for contemporary performers.