The music library of a noble Florentine family : a catalogue raisonné of manuscripts and prints of the 1720s to the 1850s collected by the Ricasoli Family now housed in the University of Louisville Music Library : with essays on the history of the collection and music in the Ricasoli Chapels and household by Robert Lamar Weaver / edited by Susan Parisi ; compiled by John Karr, Caterina Pampaloni, and Robert Lamar Weaver.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weaver, Robert Lamar.

Parisi, Susan Helen, 1949-

Karr, John Paul, 1956-

Pampaloni, Caterina.

Ricasoli Collection (University of Louisville)

University of Louisville. Library.

Series:

Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 59.

Detroit monographs in musicology/studies in music ; 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ricasoli family.

Music--Italy--Florence--18th century--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Music.

Music--Italy--Florence--19th century--Bibliography--Catalogs.

Italy--Florence.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

xiii, 482 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Sterling Heights, Mich. : Harmonie Park Press, 2012.

Summary:

Robert Lamar Weaver (emeritus, music history, U. of Louisville) organized the University's 1987 acquisition of the entire lot of music and prints, thus keeping it from being dispersed, and almost immediately began cataloging it. After an initial section explaining the organization, the material is presented in sections of secular music; sacred music; and method, theory, and history books. In addition, he wrote two analytical essays, on the history and cultural background of the Ricasoli Collection, and evidence from the Ricasoli Archives for music in the chapels and household 1777-1850. This publication includes many illustrations of covers and other material, and many musical excerpts from the manuscripts cited. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: The Ricasoli collection : its history and cultural background / Robert Lamar Weaver ; Sacred music in the household, 1777-1850 : evidence from the Ricasoli archives / Robert Lamar Weaver ; Organization of the catalogue

The catalogue: Secular music ; Sacred music ; Method, theory, and history books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0899901581

9780899901589

OCLC:

757935673