Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600) books

A comprehensive study of music in Lyons during the 16th century, providing a picture of amateur and professional...  Read More >>

Machaut's Messe de Notre Dame stands as a monument of medieval musical art. The Mass itself is surrounded by uncertainty;...  Read More >>

This is the first volume of a magisterial survey of English music that charts its development from its beginnings...  Read More >>

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A study of the common origins and parallel development of English and Dutch metrical psalmody - the Word of God...  Read More >>

A study of the music and ritual at Saint-Denis from the 6th to the 16th century, based on an examination of the...  Read More >>

Despite the paramount importance of confraternities (especially to males) in medieval European society, scholars...  Read More >>

This annotated chronology contains material concerning the background, philosophy, theory, notation, style, manuscript...  Read More >>

This work, first published in 1618, is a detailed reference of musical instruments of the period. It will be of...  Read More >>

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From the series examining the development of music in specific places during particular times, this book looks at...  Read More >>

A description of the life and works of the Dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621) who worked in Amsterdam,...  Read More >>

The writings gathered here finally make available in one place Lowinsky's major essays--including four previously...  Read More >>

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Accessible to scholars whose specialties lie outside of technical music theory, keeping in mind especially the aesthetician...  Read More >>

The study of popular hymnody is remote not only from contemporary experience but also from very many contemporary...  Read More >>

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

This illustrated volume provides a much-needed introduction to what may have been the most popular variety of drama...  Read More >>

At the time of publication, this book was the first to address the problem of how to perform medieval and Renaissance...  Read More >>

""Demonstrates the clarity of [Brown's] editorial technique, his thoroughly impressive control of the sources, his...  Read More >>

A facsimile of Bathe's work, the first musical text book to appear in the English language, describes musical methods...  Read More >>

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This volume presents reprints of the prefaces to representative collections of metrical psalms. Psalm-singing, an...  Read More >>

Medieval Music by Richard H. Hoppin surveys the history and development of music in the Western world from its roots...  Read More >>