The living lyre in English verse : from Elizabeth through the Restoration / Louise Schleiner.
| Author/creator | Schleiner, Louise |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 1984. |
| Description | 218 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Three modes of lyric among the Elizabethans -- Song and three modes of lyric -- Sidney, Watson, and Shakespeare -- Contrafactum, quantity, and song rhythms in Hume, Dowland, and Campion -- Herbert's "divine and moral songs" -- Herbert's song-mode prosody and lute songs -- Herbert's speech mode and declamatory song -- Herrick's songs and the character of Hesperides -- Song mode in Crashaw -- Milton, G.B. Doni, and Italian dramatic song -- Doni, musical-dramatic monody, and "Lycidas" -- The monodies and choral odes of Samson Agonistes -- Italian song and the inset lyrics of Paradise lost -- Cowley and restoration song -- The Davideis and The mistresse in relation to music -- Cowley's mature odes and the settings of Blow and Purcell -- Interacting stylistic changes in lyric and song setting through the century. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 205-212) and index. |
| LCCN | 84002206 |
| ISBN | 0826204414 |
| ISBN | 9780826204417 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML2831 .S3 1984 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |