European Music, 1520-1640

The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries - the so-called Golden Age of Polyphony - represent a time of great change and development in European music, with the flourishing of Orlando di Lasso, Palestrina, Byrd, Victoria, Monteverdi and Schütz among others.

The thirty chapters of this book, contributed by established scholars on subjects within their fields of expertise, deal with polyphonic music - sacred and secular, vocal and instrumental - during this period. The volume offers chronological surveys of national musical cultures (in Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, and Spain); genre studies (Mass, motet, madrigal, chanson, instrumental music, opera); and is completed with essays on intellectual and cultural developments and concepts relevant to music (music theory, printing, the Protestant Reformation and the corresponding Catholic movement, humanism, concepts of 'Renaissance' and 'Baroque'). It thus provides a complete overview of the music and its context.

Contributors: Gary Tomlinson, James Haar, Tim Carter, Giulio Ongaro, Noel O'regan, Allan Atlas, Anthony Cummings, Richard Freedman, Jeanice Brooks, David Tunley, Kate Van Orden, Kristine Forney, Iain Fenlon, Karol Berger, Peter Bergquist, David Crook, Robin Leaver, Craig Monson, Todd Borgerding, Louise K. Stein, Giuseppe Gerbino, Roger Bray, Jonathan Wainwright, Victor Coelho, Keith Polk

CONTENIDO:
1. Renaissance Humanism and Music. Gary Tomlinson
2. The Concept of the Renaissance. James Haar
3. The Concept of the Baroque. Tim Carter
4. Italy [i], 1520-1560. Giulio Ongaro
5. Music in Italy [ii], 1560-1600. T Noel O'Regan
6. Italy [iii], 1600-1640. Tim Carter
7. Music for the Mass. Allan Atlas
8. The Motet, 1520-1640. Anthony Cummings
9. Music in France [i], 1520-1560. Richard Freedman
10. France [ii], 1560-1600. Jeanice Brooks
11. French Music in the Early Seventeenth Century. David Tunley
12. Chanson, 1520-1640. Kate Van Orden
13. Madrigal. James Haar
14. The Netherlands [i], 1520-1560. Kristine Forney
15. The Netherlands [ii], 1560-1600. Kristine Forney
16. The Netherlands [iii], 1600-1640. Kristine Forney
17. Music, Print and Society in Sixteenth-Century Europe. Iain Fenlon
18. Concepts and Developments in Music Theory. Karol Berger
19. German Music [i], 1520-1560. Peter Bergquist
20. German Music [ii], 1560-1600. Peter Bergquist
21. Germany and Central Europe, 1600-1640. David Crook
22. The Reformation and Music. Robin Leaver
23. Renewal, Reform, and Reaction in Catholic Music. Craig Monson
24. Spain [i-ii], 1530-1600. Todd Borgerding
24. Spain [i-ii], 1530-1600. Louise K Stein
25. Spain [iii], 1600-1640. Louise K Stein
26. Early Opera: the Initial Stage. Iain Fenlon
26. Early Opera: the Initial Stage. Giuseppe Gerbino
27. Music in England before 1560. Roger Bray
28. Music in England [ii], 1560-1600. Roger Bray
29. English Music, 1603-1642. Jonathan Wainwright
30. Instrumental Music in Europe, 1520-1640. Victor Coelho
31. Instrumental Music in Europe, 1520-1640. Keith Polk