The contrasting styles of the principal Florentine musical repertories in the early 16th century can be described in relation to variety in the forms of patronage, says Cummings (music, Tulane U.). He focuses on the less formal institutions of patronage, which were freer to engage in experimentation than the more public and formal institutions such as the church and the aristocracy: theOrti Oricellari; the Sacred Academy of the Medici; the companies of the Paiuolo, Cazzuola, Broncone, and Diamante; and Medici mecenatismo and the early madrigal. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
