James Haar 
European Music, 1520-1640 

An authoritative survey of music and its context in the Renaissance.


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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Renaissance Humanism and Music – Gary Tomlinson

The Concept of the Renaissance – James Haar

The Concept of the Baroque – Tim Carter

Italy [i], 1520-1560 – Giulio Ongaro

Music in Italy [ii], 1560-1600 – T Noel O’Regan

Ital [iii], 1600-1640 – Tim Carter

Music for the Mass – Allan Atlas

The Motet, 1520-1640 – Anthony Cummings

Music in France [i], 1520-1560 – Richard Freedman

France [ii], 1560-1600 – Jeanice Brooks

French Music in the Early Seventeenth Century – David Tunley

Chanson, 1520-1640 – Kate Van Orden

Madrigal – James Haar

The Netherlands [i], 1520-1560 – Kristine Forney

The Netherlands [ii], 1560-1600 – Kristine Forney

The Netherlands [iii], 1600-1640 – Kristine Forney

Music, Print and Society in Sixteenth-Century Europe – Iain Fenlon

Concepts and Developments in Music Theory – Karol Berger

German Music [i], 1520-1560 – Peter Bergquist

German Music [ii], 1560-1600 – Peter Bergquist

Germany and Central Europe, 1600-1640 – David Crook

The Reformation and Music – Robin Leaver

Renewal, Reform, and Reaction in Catholic Music – Craig Monson

Spain [i-ii], 1530-1600 – Todd Borgerding and Louise K Stein

Spain [iii], 1600-1640 – Louise K Stein

Early Opera: the Initial Stage – Iain Fenlon and Giuseppe Gerbino

Music in England before 1560 – Roger Bray

Music in England [ii], 1560-1600 – Roger Bray

English Music, 1603-1642 – Jonathan Wainwright

Instrumental Music in Europe, 1520-1640 – Victor Coelho and Keith Polk

Über den Autor

JEANICE BROOKS is Professor of Music at the University of Southampton.