Music in English Children''s Drama of the Later Renaissance

Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study to examine the Elizabethan and Jacobean children's drama, not only from a musicological perspective, but also drawing on the histories of literature, culture, and the theater.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Children's Drama Companies 2. The Performers and their Theaters 3. The Plays and Playwrights 4. Practical Music and the Dramatic Text 5. Preliminary, Inter-Act and Finale Music 6. Music for Ceremony, Spectacle and Social Occasion 7. Music for Characterization 8. Music to Move the Affections 9. The Sources of the Music 10. The Musical Styles Appendix A Extant Plays Presented by Children's Companies 1597-1613 Appendix B A List of Lyrics and Musical Sources to 1700

About the author

Linda Phyllis Austern is Professor in Musicology at Northwestern University, USA. She is a specialist in Western European, and especially English, music of the sixteenth, seventeenth, and early eighteenth centuries. Her expertise includes the intersections between music and the visual arts, gender and sexuality, natural philosophy, and the Shakespearean theater.

Summary

Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children’s Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study to examine the Elizabethan and Jacobean children’s drama, not only from a musicological perspective, but also drawing on the histories of literature, culture, and the theater.

Product details

• Authors: Linda Phyllis Austern, Linda Phyllis (Northwestern University Austern
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032831787
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3283178-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Musicals, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Theatre Studies, Social and cultural history, Renaissance style, Music of film and stage, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600)