Banchieri, Adriano
(1568–1634)
ADRIANO BANCHIERIBANCHIERI, ADRIANOADRIANO BANCHIERI [* 1568-† 1634] An articulate spokesman for the trends in early seventeenth-century Italian musical practices, particularly those of the church, Adriano Banchieri wrote prolifically on a variety of subjects, including music theory. Though his tendency to revise and rename works and the rarity of many items create complications for the scholar and bibliographer, several of his major treatises are available in facsimile and offer important…