The music of the sixteenth century has been "rediscovered"
regularly since its composition. It was an especially fertile
period for English music in particular, and to put the century in a
historical and musicological perspective, this volume spans the era
from 1485 to 1625, although in order to provide context and
perspective the contributors range back to the middle of the
fifteenth century and towards the end on the seventeenth.
The book opens with a history of music and musicians in Tudor
England, covering composition and performance, as well as the
changing functions of music over the period. Two chapters are
dedicated to sacred and church music. They cover the last years of
Pre-Reformation England (especially the music of Fayrfax, Ashwell,
Taverner, and the organ music of Redford, Preston and Rhys), the
composers who span the charge to Anglicanism (for example Sheppard
and Tallis) and those (such as Tye, Byrd, Morley, Weelkes, Hooper
and Gibbons) who helped lay the foundations for the rich heritage
of Anglian church music that remains so vibrant a part of the
church today. These chapters also consider the particular problems
of those who continued to write Latin music after the Reformation
(in particular Parsons, White and Byrd). The final three chapters
of the book are devoted respectively to secular vocal music, to
keyboard music, and to ensemble and lute music. These chapters
include a detailed discusson of Tudor partsong, of the consort
song, of English Madrigalists, the English Virginal School, the
English lutenists and the rich variety of muic for ensemble. The
book concludes with full bibliographies and with a comprehensive
index.
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