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ISSN: 1089-747X
Volume 22 (2016) No. 1
Published 2017
A Note from the Editor
As I take the helm of JSCM, I first want to thank and congratulate my predecessor, Kelley Harness. In addition to producing a half-dozen meaty issues of the Journal and two large, complex volumes of JSCM Instrumenta, she steered the operation through a change of publisher and a complete redesign. She has also been an excellent mentor to me during the past year, as our terms have overlapped. I am pleased that she will remain on the editorial board, and I wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
The two articles in this issue focus on works for the stage. Virginia Lamothe situates the operas commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini in the context of Jesuit dramatic theory and demonstrates a connection between the theorists’ ideas and the value of these operas as tools of propaganda in the Thirty Years War. Michael Klaper considers the surviving sources for the Ballet de la Raillerie and shows that alterations in the famous dialogue between French and Italian music significantly changed its meaning. Klaper takes advantage of the multimedia capabilities of the Journal by including a performance of the dialogue on video.
Communications to JSCM range in scope from brief announcements to substantial essays. David Harris’s fits the latter description; it should be of interest to anyone concerned with keyboard ornamentation. Rounding out the issue, several book and recording reviews deal with a broad range of seventeenth-century genres and topics.
In addition to a new Editor-in-Chief, the Journal has a new Reviews Editor, Don Fader. Beth Glixon, his predecessor, and Mary Paquette-Abt, the Journal’s long-time Assistant Editor, have both stepped down. Kimberly Beck Hieb continues as Assistant Editor. Many thanks to all these individuals for their service. It is much appreciated.
Lois Rosow
Editor-in-Chief