The gesualdo hex music myth and memory by glenn watkins 385 rating details 40 ratings 9 reviews in this vivid tale of adultery and intrigue witchcraft and murder glenn watkins explores the fascinating life of the renaissance composer carlo gesualdo a life suffused with scandal and bordering on the fantastical. Beyond questions of mere influence however the gesualdo hex offers a profound meditation on cultural memory and historical awareness how composers attempt to shape the legacy they will bequeath to the world and how music and history inevitably take on a new guise as they are revisited by subsequent generations and reinterpreted in light of contemporary experience in examining gesualdos life music myth and memory intertwine with one another to reveal an uncanny affinity with our . Beyond questions of mere influence however the gesualdo hex offers a profound meditation on cultural memory and historical awareness how composers attempt to shape the legacy they will bequeath. The gesualdo hex music myth and memory glenn watkins author claudio abbado preface by norton 3995 384p isbn 978 0 393 07102 3 buy this book watkins first wrote about carlo . The gesualdo hex music myth and memory watkins glenn 9780393071023 books amazonca skip to main contentca hello sign in account lists sign in account lists returns orders try prime cart books go search hello select your address