Einstein

1949 · réf. 88051 — Princeton: Princeton University Press 1949. First English Language Edition. Three quarto volumes. Burgundy cloth hardcovers in publisher's slipcase; xvi1-476; 477-8773; x333pp. A fine set in the original cloth bindings; slipcase is mildly rubbed and sunned with small paper loss to open edge still Very Good. Einstein's monumental study was the first scholarly treatise of its kind in any language and remains one of the essential works on early Italian secular music. Volumes I & II provide scholarly background on the history and evolution of madrigal form while the third volume compiles nearly 100 compositions produced between 1470 and 1650 including works by Tromboncino Verdalot De Rare Gabrielli and others. An uncommonly well-preserved set. Princeton University Press unknown