SAS-- Anthon, C. "Some Aspects of the Social Status of Italian Musicians During the Sixteenth Century" Journal of Renaissance and Baroque Music (Later renamed Acta Musicologica), Vol I #3, 1946.
Giovanni-- Arnold, D. Giovanni Gabrieli and the Music of the Venetian High Renaissance Oxford University Press: London, 1979.
Aragon-- Atlas, A. Music at the Aragonese Court of Naples Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK, 1985.
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BI-- Baines, A. Brass Instruments: Their History and Development Dover Publications Inc.: New York, 1993.
Intermedii-- Brown, H.M. Sixteenth-Century Instrumentation: Music for the Florentine Intermedii, American Institute of Musicology, 1973.
IMPB--Brown, H.M. Instrumental Music Printed Before 1600 Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1965.
Virdung-- Bullard, B. (trans. and ed.) Musica getutscht: a treatise on musical instruments (1511) by Sebastian Virdung Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK, 1993.
Carter-- Carter, T. Music in Late Renaissance and Early Baroque Italy Amadeus Press: Portland, Or., 1992.
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Castiglione-- Castiglione, B. "Il cortegiano" in Source Readings in Music History: The Renaissance ed. Strunk, O. Norton: New York, 1965, pgs. 91-95.
M&M-- Fenlon, I. (ed.) Man and Music: The Renaissance From the 1470s to the End of the 16th Century Macmillan: London, 1989, "Music and Society" I. Fenlon, "Rome: A City of Rich Contrast" C. Reynolds, "Venice: Theatre of the World" I. Fenlon, "North Italian Courts, 1460-1540" W. Prizer, "Aragonese Naples" A. Atlas.
Mantua-- Fenlon, I. Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua Cambridge University Press: Cambridge UK, 1980.
PST-- Fenlon, I. Music in Medeival and Early Modern Europe: Patronage, Sources and Texts Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1981, "Sixteenth-Century Instrumental Music", by W. Edwards, "On Italian Instrumental Ensemble Music in the Late Fifteenth Century" by L. Litterick, "Music at the Venetian Scuole Grande, 1440-1540" by J. Glixon.
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ODM-- Kennedy, M. The Oxford Dictionary of Music Oxford University Press: New York, Oxford, 1994.
Kenton-- Kenton, E. Life and Works of Giovanni Gabrieli American Institute of Musicology, 1967.
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CMRM-- Knighton, T. and Fallow, D. Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music Schirmer Books: New York, 1992, Article #25 Crawford Young, "On the Trail of Ensemble Music in the Fifteenth Century", Article #26 Lorenz Welker, "Wind Ensembles in the Renaissance".
FCMV-- Landon, H. & Norwich, J. Five Centuries of Music in Venice Schirmer Books: New York, 1991.
Lockwood-- Lockwood, L. Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA, 1984. (Excellent book!)
Newcomb-- Newcomb, A. The Madrigal at Ferrara 1579-1597 Princeton University Press: Princeton New Jersey, 1980.
MR-- Reese, G. Music in the
Renaissance (W.W. Norton: New York) 1954. pgs.545-552.
Sanvoisin-- Sanvoisin, M. Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzoni e sonate per sonar con ogni sorte de instrumenti Paris: Heugel and Co.
VIM-- Selfridge-Field, E.
Venetian
Instrumental Music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi Praeger Publishers: New York, 1975.
Strunk-- Strunk, O. (ed.) Source Readings in Music History: The Baroque Era , W.W. Norton and Co: New York, 1950.
Click here to buy it!HD-- Weiss, P. and Taruskin, R. Music in the Western World: A History in Documents New York, 1984, Articles #22 "Music at Church and State Festivities in the Early Renaissance", #23 "Triumph of Emporer Macmilian", #25 "Music in Castiglione's Courtier", #32 "Music at a Medici Wedding", #36 "The Counter Reformation", #40 "The Most Musical Court in Europe", #42 Renaissance Instrumentalists".
Look-- Young, P. The Look of Music University of Washington Press: Seattle, WA 1980.