The English madrigal composers / by Edmund Horace Fellowes.

Author/creator Fellowes, Edmund H.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1948.
Description364 pages : illustrations, music ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Part I. The English madrigal in relation to other forms of choral song -- The prolonged neglect of the madrigal -- English preference for vocal music -- The origin of the English madrigal school -- Etymology and use of the term madrigal -- Elizabethan madrigals and kindred contemporary art forms -- The Tudor part-books and the voices employed -- Title-pages, patrons, and printers of the original editions -- Some technical features of the notation -- The methods and idioms of the madrigalists -- Rhythm and barring in Tudor music -- The madrigal lyrics -- Part II. William Byrd -- Thomas Morley -- Thomas Weelkes -- John Wilbye -- John Mundy, George Kirbye, Nathaniel Pattrick, William Holborne, Giles Farnaby, Michael Cavendish, John Farmer, John Bennet, the Oriana composers -- Richard Carlton, Michael East, Thomas Bateson, Thomas Greaves, Richard Alison, Robert Jones, Henry Youll, Thomas Ravenscroft, Orlando Gibbons -- John Ward, Francis Pilkington, Henry Lichfield, Thomas Vautor, Martin Peerson, Thomas Tomkins, John Hilton, Peter Philips -- The English lutenist composers -- Appendices. Biographical synopsis of the English madrigalists and lutenists ; Index of the first lines of the madrigals with reference to the composers' names and sets ; References to the original editions in the principal libraries.
Local noteLittle-343711--305131057186/
General noteContains a complete index of the first lines of the whole series of English madrigals, and also separate lists of works of this class at the conclusion of the biographical and critical notice of each composer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 49009603

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