Pills to purge melancholy : the evolution of the English ballett / Lionel Pike.
| Author/creator | Pike, Lionel |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2004. |
| Description | xiv, 361 pages : music ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Evolution of the English ballett |
| Contents | The maker: Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, 1591 -- The jackdaw: Thomas Morley, 1595 and 1602 -- The scholar: Thomas Weelkes, 1598, 1600 and 1608 -- Satellites: Cavendish, Greaves, Holborne, Jones, Pilkington, Vautor, Youll: William Holborne, 1597 ; Michael Cavendish, 1598 ; Thomas Greaves, 1604 ; Robert Jones, 1605 and 1609 ; Henry Youll, 1608 ; Francis Pilkington, 1613 ; Thomas Vautor, 1619 -- The opportunist: John Amner, 1615 -- The wit: Thomas Tomkins, 1622 -- The apprentice: John Hilton the Younger, 1627. |
| Abstract | The ballett is a light vocal form well-known and well-loved by many madrigal singers, and yet this is the first work to embrace the subject in its totality. This book investigates the evolution of the ballett in England from its late sixteenth-century origins in Vecchi and Gastoldi. It provides a comprehensive analysis of a large number of balletts, with each individual work treated in chronological order, leading to the sense of an 'evolution' of the form. Morley, Weelkes, Tomkins and Hilton are examined, alongside Cavendish, Greaves, Holborne, Jones, Pilkington, Vautor, Youll and Amner. This book explores the way composers thought about music at the turn of the sixteenth century. Through the ballets it is possible to trace the path from modality to tonality, and to show how the principles of renaissance polyphony turned towards harmonically-dominated counterpoint, how the native English tradition of secular music interacted with the imported one, and how ideas about text illustration affected the writing of music. The book therefore deepens previous considerations of the ballet considerably, and provides the ultimate reference source, not only for early music scholars, but also for performers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-357) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003056928 |
| ISBN | 0754640485 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780754640486 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk | ML2631.2 .P55 2004 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |