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The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650.

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The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650. By Robert L. Kendrick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. [xxi, 528 p. ISBN 0-19-513537-7. $74.] Music examples, bibliography, index.

For most musicologists, Milan between the ages of Josquin Desprez and Giovanni Battista Sammartini is terra incognita. Perhaps surprisingly, the best-known composer of the period is the nun Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, discussed in detail in Robert Kendrick's Celestial Sirens: Nuns and Their Music in Early Modern Milan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996), and who quickly became a staple on the early music concert circuit. In his latest book, the author, an associate professor at the University of Chicago, explores in depth the sacred musical culture of this northern Italian metropolis in its religious, political, social, and artistic context (excepting the contributions of the nuns, and with the addition of a few remarks on secular vocal and instrumental music). This study is based on extensive research in the libraries and archives of Milan and elsewhere. The documents and books the author has studied are not limited to those concerned directly with music, but also with other aspects of the religious, social, and cultural activities of the...

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