Bibliograph

Musicians of the Renaissance, edited by Kathleen Kuiper

Type

Label

Musicians of the Renaissance, edited by Kathleen Kuiper

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-178) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Musicians of the Renaissance

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

796933188

Responsibility statement

edited by Kathleen Kuiper

Series statement

The Renaissance

Summary

"The score of Western music was writ large during the Renaissance. Secular music rivaled church music for prominence, harmonic lines intertwined and changed music forever with the emergence of polyphony, and, in general, musical composition was taken to new heights. The composers and musicians who provided the soundtrack to this remarkable period are the subject of this comprehensive volume, which also takes an in-depth look at instruments of the day."--Publisher description

Table Of Contents

1. The transition to the Renaissance. Development of polyphony: Guido d'Arezzo -- The Notre-Dame school -- Ars nova: Ars antiqua -- Monophonic secular song -- The early Renaissance: The court of Burgundy ; New religious musical forms ; Secular music -- The Franco-Flemish school -- Instrumental music: Musical forms ; Toccata ; Solo and ensemble instruments -- Renaissance vocal music: Italy ; England ; France ; Germany and other areas of Europe -- 2. Renaissance musical instruments. Lute -- Other stringed instruments: Theorbo ; Rebec ; Viol ; Percussion instruments -- Organ -- Stringed keyboard instruments: Clavichord ; Harpsichord ; Spinet ; Psaltery ; Virginal ; Assorted wind instruments ; Serpent -- 3. Early Renaissance composers. John Dunstable -- Guillaume Dufay: Chanson -- Binchois -- Jean de Ockeghem -- Jakob Obrecht -- Josquin des Pres: Counterpoint in the Renaissance -- Heinrich Isaac -- Loyset Compere -- Pierre de La Rue -- Jean Mouton -- 4. Later Renaissance composers active in Italy. Jacques Arcadelt: Frottole -- Philippe de Monte -- Orlando di Lasso -- Giaches de Wert -- Luca Marenzio -- Carlo Gesualdo, principe di Venosa, conte di Conza: Renaissance music printers -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Life ; Music -- Andrea Gabrieli -- Giovanni Gabrieli -- Claudio Monteverdi: The Gonzaga court ; Three decades in Venice -- 5. Later Renaissance composers active in England: Robert Fayrfax -- John Taverner -- Christopher Tye -- Thomas Tallis: Fitzwilliam Virginal book -- William Byrd: Life ; Legacy -- Thomas Morley -- John Dowland -- John Bull -- John Wilbye -- Thomas Campion: Ayre -- Francis Pilkington -- Thomas Weelkes -- Robert Johnson -- Orlando Gibbons -- 6. Later Renaissance composers active in other countries. Clement Janequin -- Claudin de Sermisy: The Genevan Psalter -- Loys Bourgeois -- Claude Goudimel -- Claude Le Jeune -- Ludwig Senfl -- Hans Leo Hassler: Lied -- Cristobal de Morales -- Antonio de Cabezon: Villancico -- Francisco Guerrero -- Adriaan Willaert -- Nicolas Gombert -- Jacobus Clemens -- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

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