The hurdy-gurdy, or vielle, has been part of European musical life since the eleventh century. In eighteenth-century France, improvements in its sound and appea

This book, first published in 1974, has become the classic study of one of the most popular musical forms in early eighteenth-century France. It not only docume

This accessible Companion provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive introduction to French music from the early middle ages to the present.

The Companion to Baroque Music is an illuminating survey of musical life in Europe and the New World from 1600 to 1750. With informative essays on the social, n