Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-298) and index.
Contents:
The paradox of instrumentality : the material and the ephemeral in early modern instrumental music -- Instruments of the affetti : Biagio Marini's Affetti musicali (1617) -- Portraiture in motion : instrumental music and the representation of the Affetti -- "Curiose e moderne inventioni" : Biagio Marini's Sonate (1626) and Carlo Farina's "Capriccio stravagante" (1627) as collections of curiosities -- Instruments of timekeeping : the case of Frescobaldi's Toccate e partite ... libro primo -- The stile moderno and the art of history : artisanship and historical consciousness in the works of Dario Castello -- Conclusion.
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