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Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England - John Merbecke the Orator and The Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550) (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England - John Merbecke the Orator and The Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550) (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
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John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) is most famous as the composer of the
first musical setting of the English liturgy, The Booke of Common
Praier Noted (BCPN), published in 1550. Not only was Merbecke a
pioneer in setting English prose to music but also the compiler of
the first Concordance of the whole English Bible (1550) and of the
first English encyclopaedia of biblical and theological studies, A
Booke of Notes and Common Places (1581). By situating Merbecke and
his work within a broader intellectual and religio-cultural context
of Tudor England, this book challenges the existing studies of
Merbecke based on the narrow theological approach to the
Reformation. Furthermore, it suggests a re-thinking of the
prevailing interpretative framework of Reformation musical history.
On the basis of the new contextual study of Merbecke, this book
seeks to re-interpret his work, particularly BCPN, in the light of
humanist rhetoric. It sees Merbecke as embodying the ideal of the
'Christian-musical orator', demonstrating that BCPN is an Anglican
epitome of the Erasmian synthesis of eloquence, theology and music.
The book thus depicts Merbecke as a humanist reformer, through
re-evaluation of his contributions to the developments of
vernacular music and literature in early modern England. As such it
will be of interest, not only to church musicians, but also to
historians of the Reformation and students of wider Tudor culture.
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