Orpheus in the Marketplace: Jacopo Peri and the Economy of Late Renaissance Florence

by Tim Carter and Richard A. Goldthwaite

The Florentine musician Jacopo Peri (1561-1633) is known as the composer of the first operas--they include the earliest to survive complete, Euridice (1600), in which Peri sang the role of Orpheus. A large collection of recently discovered account books belonging to him and his family allows for a greater exploration of Peri's professional and personal life. Richard Goldthwaite, an economic historian, and Tim Carter, a musicologist, have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067472464X
• ISBN13: 9780674724648
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.3"