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Author:   Richard Rastall
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   D.S. Brewer
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.688kg
ISBN:  

9780859915502

ISBN 10:   0859915506
Pages:   452
Publication Date:   24 October 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Introduction: music in Middle English drama; the repertory - historical and fictional drama; the repertory - civic, community and institutional plays. Part 2 The internal literary evidence: the manuscripts; dramatic directions; text references; the banns; lyrics and song-texts; the use of Latin. Part 3 The surviving music: the Shrewsbury and Pepys fragments; York; Coventry; Chester. Part 4 Documentary evidence: a note on money; guild accounts and related records; Chelmsford - nthe summer of 1562. Part 5 Music as representation: the music of heaven; the music of mortals; the sounds of hell; realism and representation. Part 6 Music and dramatic structure: the dynamic functions of music; the music of numbers - structure and proportion. Part 7 Music and liturgy: the dramatic uses of liturgical material; the Presentation in the Temple; the angelic announcement to the shepherds; the Purification; the entry into Jerusalem; the Last Supper - Maundy and Mass, the mandatum, the eucharist; the harrowing of Hell; miscellaneous scaraments and offices - baptism, betrothal, marriage, burial, scarifice and oblation, blessing; questions of provenance. Part 8 The performers: professional and amateur; the problem of female roles; the angels; the shepherds; instumentalists; the audience. Appendices: editions and reconstructions - the Washington ""Ave regina celorum . . . Mater"", the Chester ""Gloria in excelsis"", ""Wee happy heardsmen here""."

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Its scope is impressive. Rastall's task has been to explore the wide musical spectrum of early English drama... a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUM Deserves to be read widely by those interested in the plays as literature and drama as well as by those seeking to ... build up a picture of the musical culture the plays imply. EARLY MUSIC REVIEW

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RICHARD RASTALL is Emeritus Professor of Historical Musicology at The University of Leeds and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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