Dowland

Dowland
Author: Associate Professor School of Music Theatre and Dance K Dawn Grapes
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2024
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0197558852

Dowland recounts the story of one of the most important composers to emerge from early modern England. More than a biography, this book contextualizes the geographical, political, religious, cultural, and musical aspects of the life of John Dowland (1563-1626). The narrative follows the master lutenist on his journeys to France, through the German and Italian lands, and to the Danish and English courts of Christian IV and James I, as he developed a musical style that was at once personal and cosmopolitan.

Leadership and Elizabethan Culture

Leadership and Elizabethan Culture
Author: P. Kaufman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137340290

Leadership an Elizabethan Culture studies the challenges confronted by government and church leaders (local and central), the counsel given them, the consequences of their decisions, and the views of leadership circulating in late Tudor literature and drama.

Playing with Maps: Cartographic Games in Western Culture

Playing with Maps: Cartographic Games in Western Culture
Author: Adrian Seville
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004681140

This is the first serious book wholly devoted to games based on maps. The authors are experts in their respective fields: board games, playing cards and dissected puzzles. They bring an informed historical approach to the development and diffusion of these games up to about the beginning of the twentieth century, including games from Western Europe and America in all their intriguing variety. This book is an essential reference source for those wishing to research this neglected area, while those new to the field will be pleasantly surprised at the interesting and unusual maps that these games exploit.

John Dowland

John Dowland
Author: K. Dawn Grapes
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2019-08-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1351580515

John Dowland: A Research and Information Guide offers the first comprehensive guide to the musical works and literature on one of the major composers of the English Renaissance. Including a catalog of works, discography of recordings, extensive annotated bibliography of secondary sources, and substantial indexes, this volume is a major reference tool for all those interested in Dowland's works and place in music history, and a valuable resource for researchers of Renaissance and English music.