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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... tradition did exist in England at the time , however , in carols ; this tradition was given new life in the fifteenth cen- tury when , as the culmination of a long process , English achieved acceptance as a courtly language , thanks in ...
... tradition did exist in England at the time , however , in carols ; this tradition was given new life in the fifteenth cen- tury when , as the culmination of a long process , English achieved acceptance as a courtly language , thanks in ...
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... Tradition , 1150–1950 , ed . Jane Bowers and Judith Tick ( Urbana , Ill . , 1986 ) , 62–89 . William F. Prizer , “ Renaissance Women as Patrons of Music : The North - Italian Courts , ” in Rediscovering the Muses : Women's Musical ...
... Tradition , 1150–1950 , ed . Jane Bowers and Judith Tick ( Urbana , Ill . , 1986 ) , 62–89 . William F. Prizer , “ Renaissance Women as Patrons of Music : The North - Italian Courts , ” in Rediscovering the Muses : Women's Musical ...
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... tradition before the late fifteenth century . Much of the music is anonymous in manuscript anthologies ( such as the Trent Codices 206 Sixteenth - Century Genres and Traditions The Coexistence of International and Regional Genres.
... tradition before the late fifteenth century . Much of the music is anonymous in manuscript anthologies ( such as the Trent Codices 206 Sixteenth - Century Genres and Traditions The Coexistence of International and Regional Genres.
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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