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 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

Table of Contents

Renaissance Humanism and Music - Gary TomlinsonThe Concept of the Renaissance - James HaarThe Concept of the Baroque - Tim CarterItaly [i], 1520-1560 - Giulio OngaroMusic in Italy [ii], 1560-1600 - T Noel O'ReganItal [iii], 1600-1640 - Tim CarterMusic for the Mass - Allan AtlasThe Motet, 1520-1640 - Anthony CummingsMusic in France [i], 1520-1560 - Richard FreedmanFrance [ii], 1560-1600 - Jeanice BrooksFrench Music in the Early Seventeenth Century - David TunleyChanson, 1520-1640 - Kate Van OrdenMadrigal - James HaarThe Netherlands [i], 1520-1560 - Kristine ForneyThe Netherlands [ii], 1560-1600 - Kristine ForneyThe Netherlands [iii], 1600-1640 - Kristine ForneyMusic, Print and Society in Sixteenth-Century Europe - Iain FenlonConcepts and Developments in Music Theory - Karol BergerGerman Music [i], 1520-1560 - Peter BergquistGerman Music [ii], 1560-1600 - Peter BergquistGermany and Central Europe, 1600-1640 - David CrookThe Reformation and Music - Robin LeaverRenewal, Reform, and Reaction in Catholic Music - Craig MonsonSpain [i-ii], 1530-1600 - Todd Borgerding and Louise K SteinSpain [iii], 1600-1640 - Louise K SteinEarly Opera: the Initial Stage - Iain Fenlon and Giuseppe GerbinoMusic in England before 1560 - Roger BrayMusic in England [ii], 1560-1600 - Roger BrayEnglish Music, 1603-1642 - Jonathan WainwrightInstrumental Music in Europe, 1520-1640 - Victor Coelho and Keith Polk