Music and Poetry in the Early Tudor Court

Name: Music and Poetry in the Early Tudor Court
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ISBN: 9780521294171

ISBN-10: 0521294177

ISBN-13: 9780521294171

Edition: 1979 (Reprint)

Authors: John E. Stevens

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Description:

John Stevens' book examines the complex interplay between lyrical and musical compositions in the courts of Henry VII and VIII.

Book details

List price: $53.99
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 6/21/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Music and Poetry



The problem - assumptions and distinctions



The tradition and the divorce



Popular songs



Ideas and theories, medieval and humanist



The Reformation



Music and the early Tudor lyric, I: song-books and musical settings



Music and the early Tudor lyric, II: the 'literary' lyric and its tunes



Courtly Love and the Courtly Lyric



Introductory: 'a new company of courtly makers'?



The 'game of love'



The courtly makers from Chaucer to Wyatt



Music at Court



Music in ceremonies, entertainments and plays



Domestic and amateur music



Professional musicians


Epilogue


Appendices


Index