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Music in the English Courtly Masque, 1604-1640

Door Peter Walls

Categorie	Algemeen Muziek
Boeknummer	#411760-YB13
Titel	Music in the English Courtly Masque, 1604-1640
Auteur	Walls, Peter
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Oxford University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1985
ISBN10	0198161417
ISBN13	9780198161417
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, musical charts, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Those privileged enough to attend performances of masques at court in the early seventeenth century invariably commented on the sumptuousness of the music (and often had little to say about the literary aspects of the entertainments). Yet our view of the masque has been dominated by the texts, and indeed, the modern scholarship has tended to treat the masque first and foremost as a literary genre. This book is the first complete study of the multi-faceted view of its subject, piecing together a picture of what the music was actually like from musical score, documentary evidence, and the dramatic texts. Vocal music and dance in the Jacobean masque are treated separately - a division that reflects the way in which the music was originally composed, with one group of composers writing songs w... (Lees verder)hile violinist/dancing masters prepared dances. There are chapters offering a reconsideration of the musical and documentary evidence for the William Lawes masques, on Inigo Jones's musical priorities, and an investigation of French influence in the Caroline masques. The book also describes the departures from court norms in masques which took place away from Whitehall.
Pagina's	372
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 45,00

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