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Jesse Rodin is Professor of Music at Stanford University and a Guggenheim Fellow. His publications include several books and many articles on Renaissance music, as well as recordings with his vocal ensemble Cut Circle. He directs the Josquin Research Project, a tool for exploring a large musical corpus, and co-directs the digital project Mapping the Musical Renaissance.
'On the cover of this hugely significant book, the singers in Luca della Robbia's marble relief seem to be straining against the constraints of stone, seeking to project passion across the centuries. In the pages that follow, Jesse Rodin lays the groundwork for such a liberation. First, through innovative analysis, he shows how composers from Du Fay to Josquin gave new shape and life to the art of polyphony. Then, in the final chapter, he suggests how modern singers can internalize that organic energy and convey it to audiences. Erudite and urgent in equal measure, investing meticulous scholarship with infectious enthusiasm, Rodin has produced a classic text and set a fresh standard.' Alex Ross, The New Yorker 'Jesse Rodin's long view of a short fifteenth century brings the polyphony vividly to life as few before him have done. In doing so he sets a few hares running, and some cats among the pigeons. His occasionally polemical turn provokes, stimulates, and challenges us to return to the music with fresh ears and minds: a creative irritant in the best sense.' Fabrice Fitch, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Music and Visual Culture in Renaissance...
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