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Roger North's The Musicall Grammarian 1728
Av Roger North, Mary Chan m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
426 kr
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Roger North's The Musicall Grammarian 1728, first published in 1990, is a treatise on musical eloquence in all its branches. Of its five parts, I and II, on the orthoepy, orthography and syntax of music, constitute a grammar; III and IV, on the arts of invention and communication, form a rhetoric; …
The Music of the English Parish Church: Volume 2
Häftad, 2005
838 kr
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Professor Temperley suggests that the Elizabethan metrical psalm tunes were survivors of a mode of popular music that preceded the familiar corpus of ballad tunes. Passed on by oral transmission through several generations of unregulated singing, these once lively tunes changed gradually into very …
The Beneventan Chant
Häftad, 2008
838 kr
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From the High Middle Ages the dominance of Gregorian chant has obscured the fact that musical practice in early medieval Europe was far richer than has hitherto been recognized. Despite its historical importance, the "Gregorian" is not the most consistent and probably not the oldest form of …
The Musical Language of Berlioz
Häftad, 2008
804 kr
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This book is an analytical and critical study of Berlioz's unique musical style. It does not undertake to analyse all his works, but rather to separate characteristic elements and observe them in action. Berlioz's writings and those of his critics are called upon to help focus the discussion. Part …
Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua: Volume 1
Av Iain Fenlon
Häftad, 2008
623 kr
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Viewed traditionally, the history of sixteenth-century Mantuan music is almost a catalogue of some of the most distinguished composers of the age, from Tromboncino and Cara, via Jacquet of Mantua, to Wert, Palestrina, Marenzio, Pallavicino, Gastoldi, Rossi and Monteverdi. The remarkable …
Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of Paris, 500-1550
Av Craig Wright
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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This book is a history of the early musical life of the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame. All aspects of the musical establishment of Notre Dame are covered, from Merovingian times to the period of the wars of religion in France. Nine discrete essays discuss the history of Parisian chant and …
Music and Theatre from Poliziano to Monteverdi
Av Nino Pirrotta, Elena Povoledo
Häftad, 2008
574 kr
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This book describes the many ways in which music was used in Italian theatrical performances between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In particular, it concentrates on Polizano's Orfeo, Machiavelli's commedies, the Florentine intermedi and early operas, and the first operas in …
Musical Life in Biedermeier Vienna
Häftad, 2009
636 kr
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This book examines the impact of the daily life, political climate and artistic institutions of Vienna on its musicians and musical tastes between 1815 and 1830. Emphasis is given to Beethoven, Schubert, Paganini and Johann Strauss where their careers reflect typically Viennese musical life and …
Mendelssohn's Musical Education
A Study and Edition of His Exercises in Composition
Häftad, 2009
636 kr
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This book is a study and critical edition of Mendelssohn's composition exercise book from his early period of study with Carl Friedrich Zelter (1819-1821). The workbook illustrates in considerable detail the young musician's struggle to master the rules of part writing and principles of …
Patrons and Musicians of the English Renaissance
Häftad, 2009
639 kr
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The flourishing of secular music in England during the late Renaissance, the social environment in which it took place and the first steps towards a music profession and a music publishing trade are key elements within this book. Household music of families of varying importance is examined, …
The Music of the English Parish Church: Volume 1
Häftad, 1983
586 kr
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This book is the most thorough and extensive history of English parish church music ever published, covering the period from the late middle ages to the present day. Through the ages English parish churches have resounded to all manner of music, ranging from the rich choral polyphony of Henry …
Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua: Volume 2
Häftad, 1982
586 kr
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This book is a companion volume to Music and Patronage in Sixteenth-Century Mantua I. The relationship between the volumes is not direct in the sense that specific references are made in volume I to specific features of the works in volume II. Rather, the present volume stands on its own as an …
Music and Poetry in the Early Tudor Court
Av John Stevens
Häftad, 1979
821 kr
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First published in 1962, John Stevens' book examines the complex interplay between lyrical and musical compositions in the courts of Henry VII and VIII. One of the persistent problems for the reader of an English lyric is this: was the poem meant to be sung? and if so, how did music affect the …
Music and the Reformation in England 1549-1660
Häftad, 1978
955 kr
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In the years following the Act of Uniformity in 1549, musicians seemed to thrive on the challenge of the New Prayer Book, and the successive reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I bought a rich and varied repertory of vernacular church music. Peter Le Huray traces these developments in great …
Roger North's The Musicall Grammarian 1728
Av Roger North, Mary Chan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
2029 kr
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Roger North's The Musicall Grammarian 1728, first published in 1990, is a treatise on musical eloquence in all its branches. Of its five parts, I and II, on the orthoepy, orthography and syntax of music, constitute a grammar; III and IV, on the arts of invention and communication, form a rhetoric; …
Words and Music in the Middle Ages
Song, Narrative, Dance and Drama, 1050-1350
Av John Stevens
Häftad, 1986
720 kr
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This book examines the relation of words and music in England and France during the three centuries following the Norman Conquest. The basic material of the study includes the chansons of the troubadours and trouvères and the varied Latin songs of the period. In addition to these 'lyric' forms, the …
The Organ Music of J. S. Bach: Volume 3, A Background
Häftad, 1989
594 kr
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This book, first published in 1984, is the third volume of Peter Williams' important reference work, The Organ Music of J. S. Bach. In this volume, Peter Williams lays before the reader the salient points that serve as an appropriate bckground to the pieces: notes on the church services of the area …
