Late Renaissance music at the Habsburg Court : polyphonic settings of the Mass Ordinary at the Court of Rudolf II, 1576-1612 / Carmelo Peter Comberiati.
| Author/creator | Comberiati, Carmelo Peter, 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, ©1987. |
| Description | xix, 241 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Musicology series, 0275-5866 ; v. 4 Musicology series ; v. 4. ^A157863 |
| Contents | Chapter I. Emperor Rudolf II: Biographical outline and description of his imperial court chapel. Background on Rudolf II ; Rudolf and Spain ; The Jesuit influence ; Rudolf's rise to the throne ; Emperor Rudolf II at Prague ; The personnel of the imperial chapel in 1576 ; The imperial chapel until 1612 ; The officers in the music chapel ; The choirboys and the chapel singers ; The parliaments at Augsburg and Regensburg ; Ein Bruderzwist in Hapsburg ; The fate of Rudolf's musicians -- Chapter II. Composers of mass settings at the Rudolphine chapel. Introduction ; Philippe de Monte ; Carl Luython ; Jacob Regnart ; Jacob de Kerle ; Alard du Gaucquier ; Lambert de Sayve ; Giorgius Florio ; Other composers named in payment notices ; Summary -- Chapter III. Parody technique in masses at the imperial chapel. Criteria for the selection of works ; Musical modelling in De Monte's parody masses ; Textual modelling in De Monte's parody masses ; Pre-compositional determinations in De Monte's parody masses ; Aspects of Renaissance Imitatio in the rescoring of borrowed materials ; Imitation in parody masses at the imperial chapel -- Chapter IV. Imperial manuscripts containing masses by chapel musicians. Introduction ; Scribes at the Rudolphine chapel ; Rudolphine mass manuscripts at the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek ; Rudolphine mass manuscripts at Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal de Musique and Munich, Bayerische Staatbibliothek -- Appendices. |
| Abstract | This book provides a comprehensive study of the sacred music of the court of Rudolf II. It examines the hierarchy of the court chapel and biographical details of sacred composers in light of the most prevalent genre of sacred music at the court, the polyphonic mass ordinary. A core repertory of masses is identified at the chapel and the manuscript sources for these masses are placed in their historical context. Music and cultural historians, music analysts, and those involved in manuscript study will find this to be an accurate as well as fascinating study of a reign that generously supported musical endeavors. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 231-236) and index. |
| LCCN | 86022815 |
| ISBN | 2881241921 (Switzerland) |
| ISBN | 9782881241925 (Switzerland) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML3022 .C65 1987 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |