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European Music, 1520-1640

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2006

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An authoritative survey of music and its context in the Renaissance.

The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries - the so-called Golden Age of Polyphony - represent a time of great change and development in European music, with the flourishing of Orlando di Lasso, Palestrina, Byrd, Victoria, Monteverdi and Schütz among others.
The chapters of this book, contributed by established scholars on subjects within their fields of expertise, deal with polyphonic music - sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental - during this period. The volume offers chronological surveys of national musical cultures (in Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Spain); genre studies (Mass, motet, madrigal, chanson, instrumental music, opera); and is completed with essays on intellectual and cultural developments and concepts relevant to music (music theory, printing, the Protestant Reformation and the corresponding Catholic movement, humanism, concepts of "Renaissance" and "Baroque"). It thus provides a complete overview of the music and its context.

Contributors: GARY TOMLINSON, JAMES HAAR, TIM CARTER, GIULIO ONGARO, NOEL O'REGAN, ALLAN ATLAS, ANTHONY CUMMINGS, RICHARD FREEDMAN, JEANICE BROOKS,DAVID TUNLEY, KATE VAN ORDEN, KRISTINE FORNEY, IAIN FENLON, KAROL BERGER, PETER BERGQUIST, DAVID CROOK, ROBIN LEAVER, CRAIG MONSON, TODD BORGERDING, LOUISE K. STEIN, GIUSEPPE GERBINO, ROGER BRAY, JONATHAN WAINWRIGHT, VICTOR COELHO, KEITH POLK

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Contributor: Jeanice Brooks JEANICE BROOKS is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton.

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A lively and scholarly account of the multiple complexities and paradoxes that characterise this period...compelling reading with hitherto neglected areas at last gaining accessible recognition. --- This is an extremely useful addition to music historiography that will both aid students and provide many insights to the more general reader who feels in need of an over-arching survey of the period. --- A fine book. [...] This civilised volume is highly recommended [and] excellent in content. --- Offers a selection of essays by many of the leading figures in the field of Renaissance music history, creating a mosaic in a carefully thought-out pattern of viewpoints and topics. The single contributions are excellent. --- A fine achievement.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Preface

    vii
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    Abbreviations

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    1 Renaissance Humanism and Music

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    Gary Tomlinson
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    2 The Concept of the Renaiss ance

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    James Haar
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    3 The Concept of the Baroque

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    Tim Carter
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    4 Italy , i: 1520–1560

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    Giulio M. Ongaro
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    5 Italy , ii : 1560–1600

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    Noel O’Regan
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    6 Italy , iii: 1600–1640

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    Tim Carter
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    7 Music for the Mass

    101
    Allan W. Atlas
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    8 The Motet

    130
    Anthony M. Cummings
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    9 France, i: 1520–1560

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    Richard Freedman
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    10 France, ii: 1560–1600

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    Jeanice Brooks
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    11 France, iii : 1600–1640

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    David Tunley
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    12 Chanson and air

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    Kate van Orden
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    13 Madrigal

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    James Haar
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    14 The Netherlands , 1520–1640

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    Kristine K. Forney
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    15 Music, Pr int, and Society in Sixtee nth -Ce ntury Europe

    280
    Iain Fenlon
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    16 Concepts and Devel opme nts in Music Theory

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    Karol Berger
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    17 Germ any and centr al europe, i: 1520–1600

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    Peter Bergquist
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    18 Germ any and Ce ntr al Europe, ii: 1600–1640

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    David Crook
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    19 The Ref orm ation and Music

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    Robin A. Leaver
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    20 Renewal, Reform , and Reaction in Catholic Music

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    Craig Monson
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    21 Spain, i: 1530–1600

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    Todd M. Borgerding and Louise K. Stein
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    22 Spain, ii : 1600–1640

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    Louise K. Stein
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    23 Early Opera : The Initial Phase

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    Giuseppe Gerbino and Iain Fenlon
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    24 England, i: 1485–1600

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    Roger Bray
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    25 England, ii : 1603–1642

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    Jonathan P. Wainwright
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    26 Instrumental Music

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    Victor Coelho and Keith Polk
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    Index

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Keywords for this book
Baroque; Byrd; Chanson; European Music; Golden Age of Polyphony; Instrumental music; Madrigal; Mass; Monteverdi; Motet; Music theory; Opera; Orlando di Lasso; Palestrina; Polyphonic music; Printing; Protestant Reformation; Renaissance; Schütz; Victoria
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