| Series |
Prentice Hall history of music series
Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410
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| Contents |
The beginnings: Dunstable and the contenance angloise. Leonel Power and the old hall manuscript -- John Dunstable -- English secular music -- Dufay and Binchois. Guillaume Dufay -- Gilles Binchois -- Contemporaries of Dufay and Binchois -- Ockeghem and Busnoys. Johannes Ockeghem -- Antoine Busnoys -- Contemporaries of Busnoys and Ockeghem -- Music of the courts and chapels in Italy, 1490-1520. The frottola and related types -- Canti Carnascialeschi and other Florentine music -- Laude and other Italian sacred music -- Josquin Des Prez. Josquin's motets -- Josquin's masses -- Josquin's secular music -- Josquin's contemporaries. Alexander Agricola (1456-1506) -- Jacob Obrecht (ca. 1457-1505) -- Loyset Compere (ca. 1450-1518) -- Heinrich Isaac (ca. 1450-1517) -- Pierre de la Rue (ca. 1460-1518) -- Jean Mouton (ca. 1459-1522) -- Other contemporaries of Josquin -- The post-Josquin generation. Nicolas Gombert -- Adrian Willaert -- Clemens non Papa and others -- Sixteenth-century genres and traditions. The Parisian chanson -- The Italian madrigal -- The coexistence of international and regional genres -- Instrumental music. Instrumental performance of vocal music -- Settings of pre-existent melodies -- Variation sets -- Ricercars, fantasias, and canzonas -- Preludes, preambles, toccatas, and intonations -- Dance music -- lute songs -- The music of the reformation and the council of Trent. Palestrina, Lasso, Victoria, and Byrd. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- Orlando di Lasso -- Tomas Luis de Victoria -- William Byrd -- The end of the renaissance. The virtuoso madrigalists. |
| Abstract |
Provides an overview of the place of music in Renaissance society. Explains the most significant features of the music, and the distinguishing characteristics of each of the leading Renaissance composers. Emphasizes the music itself -- what it was like, and how it changed. Features many musical examples. Reflects the massive new scholarship in the field and new music examples -- e.g., Spanish and English music, the Italian madrigal, and the influence of Renaissance humanism on music. |
| Local note | Little-315224--305131020366U |
| Local note | Little-348497--305131054652Z |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-370) and index. |
| LCCN | 98012248 |
| ISBN | 0134000455 (paper) |
