Music in the Renaissance
2nd Edition
Published on 28. October 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
416 pages
978-0-13-400045-9 (ISBN)
Description
A history of Renaissance music focused on the music itself and the social and institutional contexts that shaped musical genres and performance. This book provides a complete overview of music in the 15th and 16th Centuries. It explains the most significant features of the music and the distinguishing characteristics of Renaissance composers (in Europe and the New World). It includes a large integrated anthology of 94 musical examples, as well as illustrations of musical instruments, notation, and ensembles.
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Howard Mayer Brown
Music in the Renaissance
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05/1976
Pearson
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Content
Introduction: Music in the Renaissance.
1. The Beginnings: Dunstable and the Contenance Angloise.
2. Dufay and Binchois.
3. Ockeghem and Busnoys.
4. Music of the Courts and Chapels in Italy, 1490-1520.
5. Josquin des Prez.
6. Josquin's Contemporaries.
7. The Post-Josquin Generation.
8. Sixteenth-Century Genres and Traditions.
9. Instrumental Music.
10. The Music of the Reformation and the Council of Trent.
11. Palestrina, Lasso, Victoria, and Byrd.
12. The End of the Renaissance.
List of Musical Examples and their Sources.
List of Abbreviations.
Index.
1. The Beginnings: Dunstable and the Contenance Angloise.
2. Dufay and Binchois.
3. Ockeghem and Busnoys.
4. Music of the Courts and Chapels in Italy, 1490-1520.
5. Josquin des Prez.
6. Josquin's Contemporaries.
7. The Post-Josquin Generation.
8. Sixteenth-Century Genres and Traditions.
9. Instrumental Music.
10. The Music of the Reformation and the Council of Trent.
11. Palestrina, Lasso, Victoria, and Byrd.
12. The End of the Renaissance.
List of Musical Examples and their Sources.
List of Abbreviations.
Index.