Music And Musicians In Renaissance Rome And Other Courts

Download or read book Music and Musicians in Renaissance Rome and Other Courts written by Richard Sherr and published by Variorum Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of this book is the musical institutions of the 16th century, above all the papal chapel and the music that was performed there. From a basis of detailed archival research, Richard Sherr examines questions such as the membership and repertory of the papal choir and its performance practice - or lack of it. In other articles he looks at the French royal chapel and the musical patronage of the rulers of Mantua and Florence, and uncovers the tragic tale of a canon enamoured of a choirboy. In addition, the volume includes studies of individual works by Josquin des Prez, Bertrandus Vaqueras, and other composers of the era.