Honoring God and the City

"Glixon has completed an heroic task in admirable fashion, not only by locating and transcribing a vast body of documents, but also by weaving a rich and fascinating tapestry of a fundamental aspect of Venetian musical life. This book is a major achievement and indispensable to anyone interested in Venetian music in the 550-year period it covers, as well as to anyone wishing to understand the role of confraternities in the musical culture of the Italian peninsula. It is and will remain a classic."--Journal of Musicological Research "Glixon's careful work contributes significantly to our understanding of the roles of musical performance in the urban life of early modern Europe, and it should prove a valuable basis for further research."--Europe: Early Modern and Modern "This is the most comprehensive study of confraternal music yet produced...an indispensible reference work that is full of detailed information."--The Catholic Historical Review "An invaluable resource for scholars who investigate music-making in the Serenissima, and for those with research interests in confraternity studies. [This work] fully reflects his decades of painstaking research in Venetian archives. Jonathon Glixon had provided us with an invaluable resource that will forever change our understanding of music and ritual in the Serenissima." --Renaissance Quarterly "Glixon has completed an heroic task in admirable fashion, not only by locating and transcribing a vast body of documents, but also by weaving a rich and fascinating tapestry of a fundamental aspect of Venetian musical life. This book is a major achievement and indispensable to anyone interested in Venetian music in the 550-year period it covers, as well as to anyone wishing to understand the role of confraternities in the musical culture of the Italian peninsula. It is and will remain a classic."--Journal of Musicological Research "Glixon's careful work contributes significantly to our understanding of the roles of musical performance in the urban life of early modern Europe, and it should prove a valuable basis for further research."--Europe: Early Modern and Modern "This is the most comprehensive study of confraternal music yet produced...an indispensible reference work that is full of detailed information."--The Catholic Historical Review "Glixon's discussion of the confraternity that served musicians is particularly interesting. This book will be a valuable source for musicologists... Recommended."--Choice