Eleven Motets
Author: Philippe Rogier
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Published: 1966-09-01
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 0895790033
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Modulorum ... The Five-, Six-, and Seven-Part Motets, Part 1
Author: Jean Maillard
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Published: 1993-07-01
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 0895793539
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMarc-François Bêche's Collection of Eleven Grands Motets by Esprit-Joseph-Antoine Blanchard (1696-1770)
Author: Tai Wai Li
Publisher: Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 230
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEsprit-Joseph-Antoine Blanchard, a contemporary of Jean-Philippe Rameau, is regarded as a representative composer of religious music in eighteenth-century France. This book focuses on the eleven grands motets selected by Marc-François Bêche, a highly esteemed singer of the Chapelle Royale, who had firsthand experience of Blanchard's music performed during the king's mass at Versailles. The author provides a comprehensive examination of Blanchard's finest motets by exploring concepts and ideas that are appropriate in illuminating the composer's musical style. He also discusses in detail various issues pertinent to the liturgical context and performance of this repertoire.
Mapping the Motet in the Post-Tridentine Era
Author: Esperanza Rodríguez-García
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-03
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1315463075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMapping the Motet in the Post-Tridentine Era provides new dimensions to the discussion of the immense corpus of polyphonic motets produced and performed in the decades following the end of the Council of Trent in 1563. Beyond the genre’s rich connections with contemporary spiritual life and religious experience, the motet is understood here as having a multifaceted life in transmission, performance and reception. By analysing the repertoire itself, but also by studying its material life in books and accounts, in physical places and concrete sonic environments, and by investigating the ways in which the motet was listened to and talked about by contemporaries, the eleven chapters in this book redefine the cultural role of the genre. The motet, thanks to its own protean nature, not bound to any given textual, functional or compositional constraint, was able to convey cultural meanings powerfully, give voice to individual and collective identities, cross linguistic and confessional divides, and incarnate a model of learned and highly expressive musical composition. Case studies include considerations of composers (Palestrina, Victoria, Lasso), cities (Seville and Granada, Milan), books (calendrically ordered collections, non-liturgical music books) and special portions of the repertoire (motets pro defunctis, instrumental intabulations).
A History of Western Choral Music, Volume 1
Author: Chester L. Alwes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015-07-15
Total Pages: 505
ISBN-13: 0199720975
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval music and the Renaissance era up to the 21st century. Volume I surveys the choral music of composers including Josquin, Palestrina, Purcell, Handel, and J.S. Bach while detailing the stylistic, textual, and extramusical considerations unique to the topics covered. Consideration of Renaissance music includes both sacred and secular works, specifically addressing the growth of sacred music, the rise of secular music, and the proliferation of sacred polyphony from Josquin to Palestrina. Discussion of the Baroque era is organized by geographic location, exploring the spread of Baroque style from Italy to German, France, and England. Volume I concludes by examining the aesthetic underpinnings of the early Classical and Romantic eras. Framing discussion within the political, religious, cultural, philosophical, aesthetic, and technological contexts of each era, A History of Western Choral Music offers readers specialized insight into major composers and works while providing a cohesive understanding of choral music's place in Western history.
Choral Repertoire
Author: Dennis Shrock
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 929
ISBN-13: 0197622402
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the most significant composers and compositions of choral music from the Western Hemisphere throughout recorded history. The book is designed for multiple uses-as a programming guide for practicing conductors, instructional resource for students and teachers of choral music, historic and stylistic reference for choral singers, and source of information about composers and compositions for choral enthusiasts-and as such, the book intends to further and make accessible important information relevant to the vast scope of choral music. Organized by era (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Modern), Choral Repertoire covers general characteristics of each historical era, trends and styles unique to various countries, biographical sketches of more than six hundred composers, and performance annotations of more than five thousand individual works. Of the composers, there is substantive coverage of women and composers of color, and of the repertoire, there is inclusion of lesser-known works as well as those works that are considered standard"--
Newe Deutzsche Lieder
Author: Johann Eccard
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0895794454
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The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650
Author: Robert L. Kendrick
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002-11-21
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780195350562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, a follow-up to his 1996 monograph Celestial Sirens, Robert Kendrick examines the cultural contexts of music in early-modern Milan. This book describes the churches and palaces that served as performance spaces in Milan, analyzes the power structures in the city, discusses the devotional rites of the Milanese, and explores the connections among city politics, city-scape, and music.
Antonio Vivaldi
Author: Karl Heller (Dr. phil.)
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1574670158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the life of the seventeenth-century composer and discusses his major works, including "The Four Seasons"
Antonio Gardano, Venetian Music Printer, 1538-1569
Author: Mary Lewis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997-10-01
Total Pages: 566
ISBN-13: 1136802061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAntonio Gardano's publications are among the most important sources of 16th-century music. The second volume describes the output of this leading Italian music press in its cultural, bibliographical, and musical context. The first part of the book consists of an overview of Gardano's repertory from the fifties and the cultural and musical milieu in which he worked. It includes discussions of the continuing popularity of his earlier repertory, the music of the younger generation introduced in the fifties, the music of the composers around San Marco, and genres such as the multi-movement madrigal, the canzoni villanesche, instrumental works, and new anthologies. Also discussed are the dating of some undated editions, unconfirmed and doubtful prints, and ordering within the editions. A chapter on binder's copies describes groups of editions bound together by their early owners and serves as a valuable index to the tastes of the collectors. The catalog section covers all Gardano's known publications of the fifties, and provides full titles, bibliographical information, contents with concordant sources for each piece, and locations of individual copies with notes on their bindings, owners' marks, annotations, and other significant characteristics. The catalog is indexed by composer, first line, and short title, and includes a list of primary and secondary sources consulted.
