The Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music

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ISSN: 1089-747X

Volume 9 (2003) No. 1

A Note from the Editor*

It gives me great pleasure to present this first book-sized issue of the Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music, and I would like to thank John Hill for bringing this splendid collection of articles to JSCM. A print journal would have published it as part of a separate series, but the flexibility of the electronic medium permits us to include it within our normal sequence, as well as to include audio illustrations for three of the articles. I call your attention particularly to the excerpts from the performance of Peri’s Euridice that took place at the conference whose papers we publish here, and which can be found in the articles by John Hill and Claude Palisca.

The importance of early opera and monody to the study of all aspects of seventeenth-century music can hardly be overestimated. My own studies with Claude Palisca began with this topic, and it has been my honor to shepherd his last article through to publication here. This issue is rightly dedicated to his memory, and his scholarly legacy will continue to inspire us all.

My final term as Editor-in-Chief of JSCM ends with this issue. Bruce Gustafson, who has served so admirably as Reviews Editor, will succeed me. I would like to thank all those who have worked with me over these nine years, most especially the many authors who have contributed their articles and reviews and the members of the editorial board who have given so generously of their time and expertise to assure the maintenance of the Journal’s high standards. I would particularly like to thank Tim Carter, Bruce Gustafson, and Margaret Murata for their help in the production of this issue. The Society for Seventeenth-Century Music is so full of outstanding scholars that our Journal is bound to flourish, and I look forward to a new relationship with it—as Consulting Editor for a time, as author perhaps, and most certainly as a reader.

Kerala J. Snyder (kerala.snyder@rochester.edu)
Editor-in-Chief