Feltre, Vittorino da, 37, 41 Ferrara, musical relations with Mantua, 46 Festa, Constanzo, 165 Fete of the Ass, 14 Ficino, Marsilio, 70 Florence, reform of dramatic music, 220, 234 Florid element, in early church music, 1 its disappearance, 2 in madrigal, 214 in early operas, 231 Frottola, 76, 101, 102, 104 et seq., 122 distinguished from madrigal, 108, 112 arranged for solo voice, 124 et seq. Gaffori, Franchino, 43 Gonzaga, house of, 35 et seq. Gian Francesco, 37 Ludovico, 38 Grecian ideals in Italian literature, 54, 58 et seq., 62 et seq. Gualterotti, spectacular festal play, 171 "Harmony of the Spheres," intermezzo by Cavaliere, 173 Harmony, modern begun, 233 Individuality, medium of expression sought, 155, 157 found, 220 et seq. Intermezzi, spectacular in 1589, 173 Intermezzo, 91 Isaak, Heinrich, 107 Italian, Latin preferred to, 59 Poliziano's use of, 72 Italian music, defining its character, 149 Italian thought, state of in sixteenth century, 181, 209, 210, 211 Italy, lack of national unity, 60 Kallistos, Andronicus, 69