Richard Charteris is Professor in Historical Musicology at the University of Sydney, Australia
'Most musicians (especially brass players) and music students are familiar with some of the works by Giovanni Gabrieli and some aspects of his life, but few are aware of Gabrieli's impressive total output or of his influence on the development of compositional style in the early 17th century. Fortunately, Richard Charteris does. He has been working on Gabrieli for much of his life, and this book contains 11 superb essays on the subject that he published between 1975 and 2009... If you want to know more about Gabrieli, this would be a good book to own.' Early Music America 'The articles are the product of meticulous research.' The Consort