{"product_id":"dialogue-on-ancient-and-modern-music-9780300090451","title":"Dialogue on Ancient and Modern Music","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Vincenzo Galilei | Claude V. Palisca\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Instruction \u0026amp; Study - Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincenzo Galilei, the father of the astronomer Galileo, was a guiding light of the Florentine Camerata. His \u003ci\u003eDialogue on Ancient and Modern Music, \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 1581 or 1582 and now translated into English for the first time, was among the most influential music treatises of his era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGalilei is best known for his rejection of modern polyphonic music in favor of Greek monophonic song. The treatise sheds new light on his importance, both as a musician who advocated a new philosophy of music history and theory based on an objective search for the truth, and as an experimental scientist who was one of the founders of modern acoustics. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47613963567255,"sku":"9780300090451","price":8930.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780300090451.webp?v=1775089265","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/dialogue-on-ancient-and-modern-music-9780300090451","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}