Huemer (American Academy in Rome) and Petrobelli compile 14 essays in honor of musicologist and teacher Oliver Strunk (1901-1980) from a conference in 2002 at the American Academy in Rome and the Badia Greca of Grottaferrata. The essays, in addition to two chapters added after the conference, are by musicologists who discuss reminiscences, new scholarship influenced by his work, descriptions of his research on the Renaissance, Haydn, Wagner, and Verdi. A checklist of his papers concludes the volume. Three of the essays are in Italian. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)