Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V: The Capilla Flamenca and the Art of Political Promotion

"Music and Ceremony" reconstructs musical life at the court of Charles V, examining the compositions which emanated from the court, the ordinances which prescribed ritual and ceremony, and the Emperor's prestigious chapel which reflected his power and influence.

The presentation of Charles V as universal monarch, defender of the faith, magnanimous peacemaker and reborn Roman Emperor became the mission of artists, poets, and chroniclers, who shaped contemporary perceptions of Charles and engaged in the political promotion of the Emperor. Music was essential as well as integral to image-making, and Mary Fere's study reveals how it was used to present Charles as the pious and devout defender of the faith and also the invincible heroic warrior who was magnanimous in victory; she also shows how music and ceremony enabled Charles to project himself as the universal monarch, a Renaissance Caesar, and the most powerful sovereign in Europe in his time.

"A major contribution, offering new documentary material and bringing together the widely dispersed information on the music composed to mark the major events of Charles's life. (...) a very useful insight into music as one of many elements that served to convey the notion of the emperor-monarch in the Renaissance" (Tess Knighton)

CONTENIDO:

List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations

1. Charles V: Defender of the Faith and Universal Monarch
2. The Genesis of the Chapel
3. The Reconstruction of the Capilla Flamenca
4. The Chapel Ordinances: Ritual and Repertory at the Court
5. Music and Ceremony at the Court of Charles V
6. Charles V as Crusader and Christian Knight
7. The Presentation of the Emperor

Appendix A: Chapel Rosters
Appendix B: Chapel Statutes and Ordinances
Appendix C: Selected Chapel Personnel
Appendix D: Musical manuscripts, Prints and Editions

Glossary
Bibliography
Index