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The Art of Playing the Fantasia

By Thomas de Sancta Marķa
Translated by Warren E. Hultberg and Almonte C. Howell, Jr.

ISBN: 0-935480-52-8
Price: $100.00
Pages: 850

Sancta Marķa's treatise (1565) is a complete and exhaustive study of Spanish Renaissance keyboard fingerings, tuning and temperament, harmonizations of chant, embellishments, teaching methods, composition and improvisation.

This is the first complete modern translation of Sancta Marķa's music theories and performance practices. Due to its broad scope and lasting influence, this late Renaissance treatise will be an invaluable source for scholars and every music library.