 While Monteverdi may be considered the most representative musician associated with this turn to melody and expression, the Camerata’s most significant theoretical figure was Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520–1591), an accomplished composer and lutenist, father of the astronomer Galileo. In his Dialogue of Ancient and Modern Music (1581), Galilei takes issue with contemporary practices, particularly with counterpoint. He concedes that the polyphonic music of his time is a source of aural pleasure, but faults it for its incapacity to move the listener,