Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era

Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era began in 1964 and since then has been a constant source for new editions of early music. Some of the early volumes published in this series helped to shape modern ideas about Baroque music, for example, with the two books of Caccini's Le nuove musiche, which contain the full preface and all the music in a critical edition. The series includes editions of important early operas by Peri and Cesti; various works by Charpentier, Vivaldi, Telemann, Gaultier, and other figures; and works that were composed around more famous composers, such as contemporaries of Bach and members of his circle. Other composers are represented more extensively; for example, Jean-Marie Leclair's complete violin sonatas are published in the series. 

A number of volumes published in recent years concern music from the seventeenth century, and these include Italian madrigals, sacred concertos from Germany, and English keyboard music. Among the publications of seventeenth-century music are works by women composers: a volume of vocal music by Barbara Strozzi, the motets of Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, and the opera Cephale et Procris by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre. 

In many ways, this series has brought to light the music of composers who might have been otherwise neglected yet who made important contributions. This series will allow further explorations of repertoire that is available nowhere else. In a framework that provides single-composer volumes and editions based on genre, Recent Researches in the Music of the Baroque Era will offer scholars and performers works that augment our understanding of the period and those who shaped it. 

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