Through forty-five creative and concise essays by an international team of authors, this Cambridge History brings the fifteenth century to life for both specialists and general readers. Combining the best qualities of survey texts and scholarly literature, the book offers authoritative overviews of central composers, genres, and musical institutions as well as new and provocative reassessments of the work concept, the boundaries between improvisation and composition, the practice of listening, humanism, musical borrowing, and other topics. Multidisciplinary studies of music and architecture, feasting, poetry, politics, liturgy, and religious devotion rub shoulders with studies of compositional techniques, musical notation, music manuscripts, and reception history. Generously illustrated with figures and examples, this volume paints a vibrant picture of musical life in a period characterized by extraordinary innovation and artistic achievement.
| ISBN: | 9781108791885 |
| Publication date: | 9th January 2020 |
| Author: | Anna Maria (University of California, Davis) Busse Berger |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 911 pages |
| Series: | The Cambridge History of Music |
| Genres: |
Art music, orchestral and formal music |