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Son of a town trumpeter, Jacob Obrecht became one of the most prominent composers in Europe in the late fifteenth century. In Born for the Muses, Rob Webman enlarges our picture of the social and cultural conditions that framed his world, drawing on a wealth of new archival sources and a newly discovered dated portrait that sheds light on his developmnet as a composer. Obrecht's greatest contribution lay in the field of mass composition. In a penetrating stylistic analysis, Wegman treats each of the thirty-odd surviving masses as a historical record, tracing influences and establishing a rich context for the development of Obrecht's musical language. This new assessment of his creative achievement and historical significance entirely changes the face of Obrecht studies and of late fifteenth-century music in general.

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<br> Lavish...both visually and in its scope....This book is must' reading for all students of renaissance music. --Choice<p><br> A first-rate study. --Pastoral Music<p><br>

Lavish...both visually and in its scope....This book is must' reading for all students of renaissance music. --Choice<br> A first-rate study. --Pastoral Music<br>

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