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Music and patronage in sixteenth-century Mantua / Iain Fenlon.

Author/creator Fenlon, Iain
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoCambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1980-1982.
Description2 volumes : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Cambridge studies in music
Cambridge studies in music. ^A252129
Contents Volume 2 [Anthology]. O domine Jesu Christe / Jacquet of Mantua (Jacques Colebault) -- O beata colei / Hoste da Reggio -- Sorgi, e rischiara al tuo apparir il cielo / Giaches de Wert -- Padre, che'l ciel, la terra e'l tutto reggi / Duke Guglielmo Gonzaga -- Rinato il bel adone / Paolo Cantino -- I' vo piangendo i miei passati tempi / Ippolito Baccusi -- Palme, corone e freggi / Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi -- Vien, himeneo, deh vieni / Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi -- Chi vuol veder amore / Benedetto Pallavicino -- Hor si rallegri il cielo / Giaches de Wert -- Hor che le stelle in cielo / Alessandro Striggio -- Come tutto m'ardete / Francesco Rovigo -- O come e gran martire / Claudio Monteverdi -- Lumi miei, cari lumi / Claudio Monteverdi -- Solo e pensoso / Luca Marenzio -- Questi leggiadri, odorosetti fiori / Luca Marenzio -- O come vaneggiate, donaa / Benedetto Pallavicino -- Lunge da voi / Benedetto Pallavicino -- S'io miro in te, m'uccidi / Salamone Rossi -- Lumi miei, cari lumi / Salamone Rossi -- Una farfalla cupida e vagante / Benedetto Pallavicino.
Abstract Viewed traditionally, the history of sixteenth-century Mantuan music is almost a catalogue of some of the most distinguished composers of the age, from Tromboncino and Cara, via Jacquet of Mantua, to Wert, Palestrina, Marenzio, Pallavicino, Gastoldi, Rossi and Monteverdi. The remarkable achievements of composers under Gonzaga patronage, practically synonymous with Mantuan patronage during this period, are treated here in their social context. The arguments proceed not just from the music itself, but from detailed examination of archival sources, from which Dr Fenlon reconstructus employment patterns and describes the social structure and institutional life of the city. The aim of the book is to show how the patterns of patronage, and music and musicians, reflect and illuminate the temperaments and prime preoccupations of successive rulers. The book contains a substantial appendix of unpublished archival documents, a small proportion only of the scholarly and comparative sources on which the study is based. This study will appeal to musicologists, as well as to students and teachers interested in the cultures of early modern Italy. A selection of music, illustrating in various ways the system of patronage which brought it into being and enabled its survival, will be published in a companion volume.
Local noteJoyner Music Library--Missing volume 1.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages 209-226) and index.
LCCN 79041377
ISBN0521229057 (v. 1) :

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