ABSTRACT

The Madrigal: A Research and Information Guide is the first comprehensive annotated bibliography of scholarship on virtually all aspects of madrigal composition, production, and consumption. It contains 1,237 entries for items in English, French, German, and Italian. Scholars, students, teachers, librarians, and performers now have access to this rich literature in a single volume.

chapter |12 pages

General Reference

chapter |19 pages

The Madrigal outside Italy

chapter |14 pages

Studies of Related Genres

chapter |24 pages

Poetry and the Madrigal

chapter |9 pages

Patrons and Collectors

chapter |147 pages

Composers

chapter |5 pages

Iconography

chapter |8 pages

Issues of Performance