Books by Tim Carter

An exploration of Monteverdi and his contemporaries. It discusses the rise of the "new music" for solo voice and basso continuo in late 16th- and early 17th-century Florence, then moves on to broader aesthetic issues crystallized in contemporary theoretical debate and musical practice.

A collection of essays starting with the author's research on Jacopo Peri and the rise of opera and solo song in late-16th and early-17th-century Florence. It extends to broader issues concerning music and patronage in the city, and thence to the commerce of music printing and the book trade.