Nino Pirrotta 
Music and Culture in Italy from the Middle Ages to the Baroque: A Collection of Essays.
Harvard University Press, 1984. First printing. 0674591089 xiv/485 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.75", is bound in red cloth, with stamped in gilt lettering to spine. Book is in fine condition, with clean and bright pages. Work contains extensive annotation, a number of textual illustrations and full-page reproductions of musical scores. Dust jacket displays shelfwear and is preserved in mylar cover.
Pirrota was an Italian musicologist of international renown who specialized in Italian music from the late medieval, Renaissance and early Baroque eras. In 1954 he became a visiting professor at Princeton University. He joined the faculty of Harvard University in 1956 where he held the posts of both the Naumburg Professor of Music and Chief Music Librarian. He served as head of the music department from 1965-1968, after which he continued to teach at Harvard through 1972. From 1972 until his retirement (with the exception on 1979 when he was once again at Harvard) he taught at the University of Rome as the chair of musicology.