Music in the Renaissance

Name: Music in the Renaissance
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ISBN: 9780134000459

ISBN-10: 0134000455

ISBN-13: 9780134000459

Edition: 2nd 1999

Authors: Howard Mayer Brown, Louise K. Stein

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Offers a complete overview of music in the 15th and 16th centuries -- with emphasis on the contributions of the greatest composers. 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. For anyone interested in music or music history.

Book details

List price: $117.40
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 9/24/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction: Music in the Renaissance



The Beginnings: Dunstable and the Contenance Angloise



Dufay and Binchois



Ockeghem and Busnoys



Music of the Courts and Chapels in Italy, 1490-1520



Josquin des Prez



Josquin's Contemporaries



The Post-Josquin Generation



Sixteenth-Century Genres and Traditions



Instrumental Music



The Music of the Reformation and the Council of Trent



Palestrina, Lasso, Victoria, and Byrd



The End of the Renaissance


List of Musical Examples and their Sources


List of Abbreviations


Index