The Church Music of Fifteenth-century Spain
The Church Music of Fifteenth-century Spain

Author: Kenneth Kreitner

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781843830757

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He moves on from this to set Penalosa's work, written in a more mature, northern-oriented style which influenced Iberian composers for generations after his death."--BOOK JACKET.

Cristóbal de Morales
Cristóbal de Morales

Author: Owen Rees

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive survey of the music of Cristóbal de Morales, the leading Spanish composer of his time.

Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy Under the Habsburgs, 1563-1700
Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy Under the Habsburgs, 1563-1700

Author: Michael John Noone

Publisher: University Rochester Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9781878822710

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This study explores the composition and performance of liturgical music in El Escorial, from its founding by Philip II in 1563 to the death of Charles II in 1700. Philip II promoted within his monastery-palace a musical foundation whose dual function as royal chapel and as monastery in the service of a Counter-Reformation monarch was unique. The study traces the ways in which music styles and practices responded to the changing functions of the institution. Perceived notions about Spanish royal musical patronage are challenged, musical manuscripts are scrutinized, biographical details of hundreds of musicians are uncovered, and musical practices are examined. Additionally, two important choral pieces are printed here for the first time.

Companion to Music in the Age of the Catholic Monarchs
Companion to Music in the Age of the Catholic Monarchs

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-10-05

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 9004329323

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The Companion to Music in the Age of the Catholic Monarchs, edited by Tess Knighton, offers a major new study that deepens and enriches our understanding of the forms and functions of music that flourished in late medieval Spanish society. The fifteen essays, written by leading authorities in the field, present a synthesis based on recently discovered material that throws new light on different aspects of musical life during the reign of Ferdinand and Isabel (1474-1516): sacred and secular music-making in royal and aristocratic circles; the cathedral music environment; liturgy and power; musical connections with Rome, Portugal and the New World; theoretical and unwritten musical practices; women as patrons and performers; and the legacy of Jewish musical tradition. Contributors are Mercedes Castillo Ferreira, Giuseppe Fiorentino, Roberta Freund Schwartz, Eleazar Gutwirth, Tess Knighton, Kenneth Kreitner, Javier Marín López, Ascensión Mazuela-Anguita, Bernadette Nelson, Pilar Ramos López, Emilio Ros-Fábregas, Juan Ruiz Jiménez, Richard Sherr, Ronald Surtz, and Jane Whetnall.

The Language of the Modes
The Language of the Modes

Author: Frans Wiering

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-11

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1135683344

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The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. The volume codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. For many music students and listeners, the "language of the modes" is a deep mystery, accustomed as we are to centuries of modern harmony. Wiering demystifies the modal world, showing how composers and performers were able to use this structure to create compelling and beautiful works. This book will be an invaluable source to scholars of early music and music theory. in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. It codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. This book will be an invaluable source to scholars of early music.

A Musical Offering
A Musical Offering

Author: Martin Bernstein

Publisher: Pendragon Press

Published: 1977

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 9780945193838

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In the great tradition of the German Festschrift, this book brings together articles by Professor Bernstein's colleagues, friends and students to honor him on his 70th birthday. Ranging in subject from the trouv e song through esoteric aspects of Renaissance studies and authenticity in 18th-century musical sources to a lively and irreverent attack on performance practices today, the twenty essays by many of America's most distinguished scholars reflect the breadth and variety of Martin Bernstein's far-reaching interests and demonstrates the vitality and relevance of what is best in musicology today.