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Vincenzo Galilei, the father of the astronomer Galileo, was a guiding light of the Florentine Camerata. His "Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music", published in 1581 or 1582 and here translated into English, was among the most influential music treatises of his era.

Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music

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    A Hardback by Vincenzo Galilei, Claude V. Palisca

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 12 November 2003
      ISBN-13 9780300090451
      978-0300090451
      ISBN-10 0300090455
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      Book Synopsis
      Vincenzo Galilei, the father of the astronomer Galileo, was a guiding light of the Florentine Camerata. His "Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music", published in 1581 or 1582 and here translated into English, was among the most influential music treatises of his era.

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