The English Madrigal

The English Madrigal
Author: Edmund H. Fellowes
Publisher: London : Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 1925
Genre: Composers
ISBN:

Understanding Music

Understanding Music
Author: N. Alan Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781940771335

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!

Madrigals for Treble Voices

Madrigals for Treble Voices
Author: Don Malin
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 48
Release:
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781457443572

This collection attempts to provide repertoire for treble-voice groups who desire to sing madrigals. Although a great wealth of madrigal literature exists for mixed voices, some attention has therefore been given to the text of each selection in order to make it more appropriate for feminine choruses. Titles: * It Was a Lover and His Lass * Let All Who Sing Be Merry * Maidens Fair of Mantua's City * The Messenger of Love * Now Is the Month of Maying * The Silver Swan and more.

The Italian Madrigal in the Early Sixteenth Century

The Italian Madrigal in the Early Sixteenth Century
Author: Iain Fenlon
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1988
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521252287

This 1988 book examines the genesis and dissemination of the Italian madrigal in its formative stages. Iain Fenlon and James Haar have analysed this vast repertoire as it is found in manuscript and print offer information concerning the date and provenance of many fundamental sources together with a view of the subject which differs radically from previous treatments. Their study is divided into two parts. The first covers the rise and early cultivation of the madrigal, chiefly in Florence and Rome. The second contains a detailed descriptive inventory of all known manuscripts and printed editions, finishing with lists of contents and concordances in each case. This important study will serve those with an interest in Renaissance music and the changing cultural ambience of early sixteenth-century Florence and Rome.

The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett

The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett
Author: Kenneth Gloag
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2013-01-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1107021979

This Companion provides a wide ranging and accessible study of one of the most individual composers of the twentieth century. A team of international scholars shed new light on Tippett's major works and draw attention to those that have not yet received the attention they deserve.