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North Italian church music in the age of Monteverdi / Jerome Roche.

Author/creator Roche, Jerome
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoOxford : Clarendon Press, 1984.
Descriptionxii, 177 pages : music ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- The climate of thought affecting church music. The Council of Trent and counter-Reformation ; Jesuits and Oratorians -- The social and geographical context. The bodies responsible for church music ; The cities and towns where church music flourished ; Church music repertory and its dissemination -- The liturgical context. The mass ; The office of Vespers ; Other offices and rites ; Motet texts -- The musical transition around 1600. Viadana's Cento concerti ecclesiastici ; The sixteenth-century cori spezzati style -- Small-scale church music (I). Works for one, two, and three voices with continuo ; The motet with obbligato instruments -- Small-scale church music (II). The concertato motet in four, five, and six parts ; The concertato psalm setting ; Mass settings: the 'two practices' -- Large-scale church music (I). The motet: Giovanni Gabrieli and his influence ; The psalm setting at the beginning of the seventeenth century ; Further development of the cori spezzati psalm setting -- Large-scale church music (II). The emergence of mixed concertato in psalms ; The large-scale mass -- Epilogue.
Abstract This book presents an overview of sacred music published by Venetian printing houses in the first half of the seventeenth century. In contrast with many assessments of the period, which focus on the works of Claudio Monteverdi and Giovanni Gabrieli, the book highlights particularly the contributions of composers who are less familiar to modern audiences, such as Ignazio Donati, Alessandro Grandi and Giovanni Rovetta. Many of the pieces the author discusses were not available in modern editions at the time the book was published, meaning the inclusion of a larger quantity of illustrative examples than other similar works. The first section of the book provides a historical and social context for the later chapters. The author gives an overview of the church's attitude towards changes in musical styles around the turn of the seventeenth century, discusses the musical institutions connected with sacred music, and explores the use of liturgy in motets. The subsequent four chapters discuss specific works composed between 1605 and 1643, with each chapter focused on works for a different number of voices. Chapter V discusses pieces for one to three voices, Chapter VI those for four to six voices, and Chapter VII and VIII those for seven or more voices. The book concludes with a short survey of developments during the rest of the seventeenth century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 165-168) and indexes.
LCCN 83017456
ISBN0193161184 :

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Music Music Stacks ML2933.R6 N6 1984 ✔ Available Place Hold