Papal Music and Musicians in Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome

Zusatztext This is almost exclusively a book for specialist; but its content should justify purchase by academic libraries. Klappentext This book collects twelve of the papers given at a conference held at the Library of Congress on 1-3 April 1993, when a group of distinguished scholars gathered to consider music in medieval and renaissance Rome. The volume presents a series of wide-ranging and original treatments of music written for and performed in the papal court from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Zusammenfassung This book collects twelve of the papers given at a conference held at the Library of Congress on 1-3 April 1993, when a group of distinguished scholars gathered to consider music in medieval and renaissance Rome. The volume presents a series of wide-ranging and original treatments of music written for and performed in the papal court from the 14th to the 16th century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Message from the Librarian of Congress Preface Acknowledgements Original Programme of the Conference Dedication: Howard Mayer Brown (1930-1993) Music in the Papal chapel in the 14th, 15th, and 16th Centuries Early Papal Motets Papal Chapels and Italian Sources of Polyphony During the Great Schism Music for the Papal Chapel in the Early Fifteenth Century Liturgical (and Paraliturgical) Music in the Papal Church towards the End of the 15th Century: a Repertory in Embryo The Evolutions of a Canon at the Papal Chapel: The Importance of Old Music in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries Traditions in the Repertory of the Papal Choir in the 15th and 16th Centuries The Papal Choir as Institution Strange Obituaries: The Historical Use of the per obitum Supplication A Curious Incident in the Institutional History of the Papal Choir Studies of Individuals Josquin in Rome: Some Evidence from the Masses A Virtuoso Singer at Ferrara and Rome: The Case of Bidom Who wrote Ninot's Chansons? Palestrina at Work ...

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• Authors: Richard Sherr, Richard (Professor of Music Sherr
• Assisted by: Richard Sherr (Editor), Sherr Richard (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.1998
• EAN: 9780198164173
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816417-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, MUSIC / Religious / Christian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, Italy, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Renaissance style, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Medieval style, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General