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Klappentext John Stevens' book examines the complex interplay between lyrical and musical compositions in the courts of Henry VII and VIII. Zusammenfassung John Stevens' book examines the complex interplay between lyrical and musical compositions in the courts of Henry VII and VIII. He examines late medieval ideas about music and poetry and the impact of the Reformation on them! and uses the social information about music and musicians to interpret the evidence of the early Tudor songbooks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Music and Poetry: 1. The problem - assumptions and distinctions; 2. The tradition and the divorce; 3. Popular songs; 4. Ideas and theories, medieval and humanist; 5. The Reformation; 6. Music and the early Tudor lyric, I: song-books and musical settings; 7. Music and the early Tudor lyric, II: the 'literary' lyric and its tunes; Part II. Courtly Love and the Courtly Lyric: 8. Introductory: 'a new company of courtly makers'?; 9. The 'game of love'; 10. The courtly makers from Chaucer to Wyatt; Part III. Music at Court: 11. Music in ceremonies, entertainments and plays; 12. Domestic and amateur music; 13. Professional musicians; Epilogue; Appendices; Index.
