Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. List of Musical Examples xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Note on Sources, Citations, and Transcriptions xix
8. Note on Sienese Dating and Money xxi
9. Abbreviations xxiii
10. Introduction 1
11. PART ONE: THE CATHEDRAL
12. 1. The Cathedral and Its Administration, Personnel, and Liturgical Calendar 15
13. 2. Chant and Improvised Polyphony in Later Medieval Times 63
14. 3. Singers and Organists, 1380-1448 139
15. 4. Building a Chapel, 1448-1480 184
16. 5. Expansion and Retrenchment in the Chapel, 1480-1507 220
17. 6. The Development of a Stable Chapel, 1507-1555 275
18. 7. Decline and Transformation of the Chapel, 1555-1607 346
19. PART TWO: THE PALAZZO PUBBLICO
20. 8. Origins and Establishment of the Trumpeters’ Corps, 1230-1399 413
21. 9. Pomp, Circumstance, and Security: The Trumpeters’ Corps as an Ongoing Institution in the Fifteenth Century 438
22. 10. Diminishing Importance and Nostalgia for Times Past: The Trumpeters’ Corps in the Sixteenth Century 481
23. 11. Establishment and Consolidation of the Pifferi in the Fifteenth Century 512
24. 12. Triumph of the Wind Band in the Sixteenth Century 565
25. PART THREE: MUSIC IN THE LIFE OF THE TOWN
26. 13. Beyond Cathedral and Palace Walls: Professional Musicians and Dancing Masters, Amateurs, Builders, and Repairmen, 1300-1607 625
27. 14. Music at Social Events, Public and Private 666
28. Register of Musicians 727
29. Bibliography 799
30. Index 819