Le nuove musiche ("The New Musics") is a collection of monodies and songs for solo voice and basso continuo by the composer Giulio Caccini, published in Florence in July 1602.
It is one of the earliest and most significant examples of music written in the early baroque style of the seconda pratica.
The introduction to this volume is probably the most clearly written description of the purpose, intent and correct performance of monody from the time.
The preface also includes effusive praise for the style which he himself invented, and amusing disdain for the work of more conservative composers of the period.
An abridged English translation of Le nuove musiche's preface was printed in John Playford's Introduction to the Skill of Music from 1664 to 1694.