| Series |
Studies in the history of music ; 2
Studies in the history of music (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 2. ^A281106
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| Contents |
Part one. Music at Ferrara in the early fifteenth century. Ferrara and the Trecento background -- Ferrara under Niccolo III d'Este (1393-1429). Music in the earlier years of Niccolo III (1400-29) ; Music at the cathedral: Bartolomeo da Bologna (1405-27) -- The period of Leonello d'Este (1429-50). Ferrara in the 1430s. The council of Ferrara (1438) -- Feragut and Dufay -- Leonello's rule, 1441-50; the court chapel -- Singers and repertoires. The manuscript mod b -- Secular music. Groups of secular musicians ; Court dance under Leonello -- Cathedral music. Ugolino di Orvieto: scholastic and humanistic views of music -- Borso d'Este and Ferrarese court culture (1450-71). Borso as ruler. Borso as patron of art and literature; music in the frescoes of the Palazzo Schifanoia -- Pietrobono and the improvisatory tradition. Court musicians under Borso -- A secular manuscript of the Borso period: the porto MS and Rinaldo Maria d'Este -- Part two. Music at Ferrara under Ercole I d'Este (1471-1505). Ercole as private and public figure -- Recruitment of musicians in the 1470s -- Organization and functions of the court musicians. The Cappella di Cantori ; The instrumentalists ; Music in the daily life -- Size and structure of Ercole's Cappella di Cantori. National groups ; Rank and hierarchy in the chapel -- Some representative singers of Ercole's chapel. Johannes Brebis ; Magister Nicolo d'Olanda ; Cornelio di Lorenzo of Antwerp ; Jachetto de Marvilla ; Johannes Martini -- Social and economic status of the musicians. Inducements to singers ; Salaries and status -- Benefices. Benefices and the strategy of recruitment: the case of don Philippo de Primis -- The last years of Ercole's patronage (1497-1505). Josquin Desprez at Ferrara (1503-4) ; Jacob Obrecht (1504-5) -- Part three. Ferrarese musical repertoires and styles in the late fifteenth century. The production of music manuscripts under Ercole I -- The principal repertoires in Ercole's earlier years (1471-82) -- Masses by Martini and other composers -- Josquin's Missa 'Hercules Dux Ferrarie' -- The psalms, hymns, and other vespers music by Martini and Brebis -- The motet at Ferrara -- Secular music at the court: chanson and instrumental music. The Casanatense Chansonnier ; Martini's secular music -- Music for court festivities and theater. Music for public festivals, jousts, and special events ; Music for the Intermedi of secular drama ; Music for religious spectacles -- Appendices. Sources in the Archivo di Stato, Modena ; Documents ; A precis of papal letters to Duke Ercole I and Duke Alfonso I d'Este on provisions for the singers of the Ferrarese court, 1487-1506 ; A chronology of the correspondence between Duke Ercole I d'Este and Ferrarese ambassadors at Rome and elsewhere, on benefices ; A chronological list of musicians active at Ferrara, 1377-1505. |
| Abstract |
Based on extensive documentary and archival research, this book is a study of the rise of music at a vital center of Italian Renaissance culture, focusing on the patrons and musicians whose efforts gave Ferrara a primary role in European music during the fifteenth century. The successive rulers of the Italian city-state, members of the Este dynasty, brought to Ferrara some of the most important composers of the period, including Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Martini, Jacob Obrecht, and Josquin Desprez. Moreover, Ferrara has long been famous as the seat of activity of three of the most important poets of the period - Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso - as well as for its school of painting and manuscript production and illumination. With this book, the city-state steps forward as a major musical center as well. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343) and index. |
| LCCN | 84004671 |
| ISBN | 0674591313 |
