Music in the RenaissanceA 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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Page 321
... Byrd's response to the motets ' texts , captured in powerfully direct and expressive music , is even more apparent in the later than the earlier collections . His later motets ... Byrd's time the Palestrina , Lasso , Victoria , and Byrd 321.
... Byrd's response to the motets ' texts , captured in powerfully direct and expressive music , is even more apparent in the later than the earlier collections . His later motets ... Byrd's time the Palestrina , Lasso , Victoria , and Byrd 321.
Page 324
... Byrd's contrapuntal and expressive skill and are among his finest works . Byrd's instrumental music , which set new artistic standards for his con- temporaries , consists for the most part of fantasias , dances , variation sets , and ...
... Byrd's contrapuntal and expressive skill and are among his finest works . Byrd's instrumental music , which set new artistic standards for his con- temporaries , consists for the most part of fantasias , dances , variation sets , and ...
Page 325
... Byrd's viol fantasias are written in the rich and rather dense imitative texture of much of his other music ; we have seen that one could be transformed into a motet with very little adjustment . Byrd sometimes divides his fantasias ...
... Byrd's viol fantasias are written in the rich and rather dense imitative texture of much of his other music ; we have seen that one could be transformed into a motet with very little adjustment . Byrd sometimes divides his fantasias ...
Contents
MUSIC IN THE RENAISSANCE | 1 |
DUNSTABLE AND THE CONTENANCE | 7 |
Leonel Power and the Old Hall Manuscript 11 John Dunstable | 16 |
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