The Lute in Britain
The Lute in Britain

Author: Matthew Spring

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 9780195188387

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"Spring focuses on the lute in Britain, but also includes two chapters devoted to continental developments: one on the transition from medieval to renaissance, the other on renaissance to baroque, and the lute in Britain is never treated in isolation. Six chapters cover all aspects of the lute's history and its music in England from 1285 to well into the eighteenth century, whilst other chapters cover the instrument's early history, the lute in consort, lute song accompaniment, the theorbo, and the lute in Scotland."--Jacket.

Musicking
Musicking

Author: Christopher Small

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0819572241

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Extending the inquiry of his early groundbreaking books, Christopher Small strikes at the heart of traditional studies of Western music by asserting that music is not a thing, but rather an activity. In this new book, Small outlines a theory of what he terms "musicking," a verb that encompasses all musical activity from composing to performing to listening to a Walkman to singing in the shower. Using Gregory Bateson's philosophy of mind and a Geertzian thick description of a typical concert in a typical symphony hall, Small demonstrates how musicking forms a ritual through which all the participants explore and celebrate the relationships that constitute their social identity. This engaging and deftly written trip through the concert hall will have readers rethinking every aspect of their musical worlds.

Lute Song
Lute Song

Author: Ming Gao

Publisher: Dramatic Publishing

Published: 1955

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781583421963

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Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood
Shakespeare and the Performance of Girlhood

Author: D. Williams

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-04-23

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1137024763

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This is the first scholarly study devoted to Shakespeare's girl characters and conceptions of girlhood. It charts the development of Shakespeare's treatment of the girl as a dramatic and literary figure, and explores the impact of Shakespeare's girl characters on the history of early modern girls as performers, patrons, and authors.