Patrons and Musicians of the English Renaissance

Patrons and Musicians of the English Renaissance
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9780521228060
ISBN-13 : 0521228069
Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Patrons and Musicians of the English Renaissance by : David C. Price

The author examines the secular music of the late Renaissance period primarily through families of varying importance.

Understanding Music

Understanding Music
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 316
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ISBN-10 : 1940771331
ISBN-13 : 9781940771335
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Understanding Music by : N. Alan Clark

Music moves through time; it is not static. In order to appreciate music wemust remember what sounds happened, and anticipate what sounds might comenext. This book takes you on a journey of music from past to present, from the Middle Ages to the Baroque Period to the 20th century and beyond!

Food Hawkers

Food Hawkers
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9781317134343
ISBN-13 : 1317134346
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Food Hawkers by : Melissa Calaresu

Street vendors are ubiquitous across the world and throughout history. They are part of almost any distribution chain, and play an important role in the marketing of consumer goods particularly to poorer customers. Focusing on the food trades, this multi-disciplinary volume explores the dynamics of street selling and its impact on society. Through an investigation of food hawking, the volume both showcases the latest results from a subject that has seen the emergence of a significant body of innovative and adventurous scholarship, and advances the understanding of street vending and its impact on society by stimulating interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary discussions. Covering a time span of approximately two millennia, from antiquity to the present, the book includes chapters on Europe and Asia, and covers a diverse range of themes such as the identity of food sellers (in terms of gender, ethnicity, and social status); the role of the street seller in the distribution of food; the marketing of food; food traders and the establishment; the representation of food hawkers; and street traders and economic development. By taking a dynamic approach, the collection has enabled its contributors to cross disciplinary boundaries and engage in discussions which extend beyond the limits of their own academic fields, and thus provide a fresh appreciation of this ancient phenomenon.

The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700

The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 505
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ISBN-10 : 9781000152135
ISBN-13 : 1000152138
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ashgate Research Companion to The Sidneys, 1500-1700 by : Michael G. Brennan

Few families have contributed as much to English history and literature-indeed, to the arts generally-as the Sidney family. This two-volume Ashgate Research Companion assesses the current state of scholarship on family members and their impact, as historical and literary figures, in the period 1500-1700. Volume 1: Lives, begins with an overview of the Sidneys and politics, providing some links to court events, entertainments, literature, and patronage. The volume gives biographies to prominent high-profile Sidney women and men, as well as sections assessing the influence of the family in the areas of the English court, international politics, patronage, religion, public entertainment, the visual arts, and music. The focus of the second volume is the literary contributions of Sir Philip Sidney; Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke; Lady Mary Wroth; Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester; and William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke.

The Early History of the Viol

The Early History of the Viol
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 0521357438
ISBN-13 : 9780521357432
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis The Early History of the Viol by : Ian Woodfield

This book traces the development of the viol from its late medieval Spanish origins to the sixteenth century, when it became the most widely played bowed instrument in western Europe. Ian Woodfield examines the two most important ancestors of the instrument, the Moorish rahab and the vihuela de mano. From these two instruments emerged an early form of viol, the Valencian vihuela de arco, which spread rapidly across the Mediterranean during the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia. The viol was enthusiastically accepted by the d'Este and Gonzaga families and other Italian arbiters before migrating across the Alps and into the rest of Europe. The author discusses all aspects of the viol during its Renaissance hey-day: the growing perfection of viol design at the hands of Italian craftsmen; the gradual evolution of tuning systems; the development of advanced playing techniques and the wide range of music, both solo and consort. The final chapter examines the growth of a viol playing tradition in sixteenth-century England, in particular in the London choir-schools. Dr Woodfield brings iconographic evidence and an interesting approach to this study which will be of interest to musicologists, iconographers, organologists and viol players.

Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England

Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781000346312
ISBN-13 : 1000346315
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England by : Brian O'Farrell

Artistic and Political Patronage in Early Stuart England explores the remarkable life and career of William Herbert, Third Earl of Pembroke. Pembroke was one of the most influential aristocrats during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I. He was a great patron, a prominent politician and electoral manager, an entrepreneur, and a gifted poet. Yet despite his influence and many talents, Pembroke’s life has been little studied by historians. Drawing on archival material, this book throws new light on Pembroke, and demonstrates just how significant he was during his lifetime. This book will appeal to scholars and students of early modern British history, as well as those interested in politics and patronage during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Research Materials in Music

Research Materials in Music
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Publisher : Phillip Rehfeldt/MillCreekPublishing
Total Pages : 141
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ISBN-10 : 9780933251113
ISBN-13 : 0933251114
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis Research Materials in Music by : Phillip R. Rehfeldt

This text was developed for use in a standard college-level "introduction to graduate studies" course in musicology that I taught for thirty-three years at the University of Redlands.

The Secularization of Early Modern England

The Secularization of Early Modern England
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 238
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ISBN-10 : 9780195074277
ISBN-13 : 0195074270
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The Secularization of Early Modern England by : Charles John Sommerville

This study overcomes the ambiguity and daunting scale of the subject of secularization by using the insights of anthropology and sociology, and by examining an earlier period than usually considered. Concentrating not only on a decline of religious belief, which is the last aspect of secularization, this study shows that a transformation of England's cultural grammar had to precede that loosening of belief, and that this was largely accomplished between 1500 and 1700. Only when definitions of space and time changed and language and technology were transformed (as well as art and play) could a secular world-view be sustained. As aspects of daily life became divorced from religious values and controls, religious culture was supplanted by religious faith, a reasoned, rather than an unquestioned, belief in the supernatural. Sommerville shows that this process was more political and theological than economic or social.

Psalms in the Early Modern World

Psalms in the Early Modern World
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 9781317073987
ISBN-13 : 1317073983
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Psalms in the Early Modern World by : Linda Phyllis Austern

Psalms in the Early Modern World is the first book to explore the use, interpretation, development, translation, and influence of the Psalms in the Atlantic world, 1400-1800. In the age of Reformation, when religious concerns drove political, social, cultural, economic, and scientific discourse, the Bible was the supreme document, and the Psalms were arguably its most important book.The Psalms played a central role in arbitrating the salient debates of the day, including but scarcely limited to the nature of power and the legitimacy of rule; the proper role and purpose of nations; the justification for holy war and the godliness of peace; and the relationship of individual and community to God. Contributors to the collection follow these debates around the Atlantic world, to pre- and post-Hispanic translators in Latin America, colonists in New England, mystics in Spain, the French court during the religious wars, and both Protestants and Catholics in England. Psalms in the Early Modern World showcases essays by scholars from literature, history, music, and religious studies, all of whom have expertise in the use and influence of Psalms in the early modern world. The collection reaches beyond national and confessional boundaries and to look at the ways in which Psalms touched nearly every person living in early modern Europe and any place in the world that Europeans took their cultural practices.

Music in North-east England, 1500-1800

Music in North-east England, 1500-1800
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9781783275410
ISBN-13 : 1783275413
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Music in North-east England, 1500-1800 by : Stephanie Carter

This collection situates the North-East within a developing nationwide account of British musical culture.