The Latin Compositions in the Frottole

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Excerpt from The Latin Compositions in the Frottole: Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, 1941It is the purpose of this thesis to show one of the effects of the Italian Renaissance spirit on the music of the period by presenting --for the first time in this countrygit is believed --the twelve Latin compositions included in the frottole prints of Petrucci and Antico, the first music publisher and his foremost rival. A rather lengthy introduction to the main part of the thesis has been included to familiarize the reader with the frottola form, by presenting a history of its conception, its birth, its development and its place in the evolution of music. To show more clearly the relationship between the Latin compositions in the frottole prints and the Renaissance spirit, a summary of the humanistic movement has been inserted. In an appendix biographies of the poets of the Latin texts have been gathered to make easily accessible material which may be of intareet. It is hoped that these compositions will show in a very small way the earnest attempts on the part of the Italian musicians of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to create a new, very national music literature during a period When the field of music composition was dominated by a group of foreign composers. Very little has been written about the effect of the Renaissance spirit on music. The frottola form is one very small phase of what is undoubtedly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.