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Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547) Prose di Monsignor Bembo.
Venice: Francesco Marcolini, 1538.
Quarto, xylographic title, text in italic type, woodcut printer's device to verso of last leaf, bound in later full parchment over boards, 8 x 5 3/4 in.
Bembo's rules for prose composition pay studied attention to the sounds of words and their harmonious use. It influenced other writers and composers of secular madrigal music in Italy in the 16th century.
