Music In The Renaissance
Brown Howard M
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Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Prentice Hall Inc
Publisher Place: Englewood Cliffs.NJ
Publisher Year: 1976
Edition: Reprint
Description: 384 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.
Publishers Description: Provides an overview of the place of music in Renaissance society. Explains the most significant features of the music, and the distinguishing characteristics of each of the leading Renaissance composers. Emphasizes the music itself -- what it was like, and how it changed. Features many musical examples. Reflects the massive new scholarship in the field and new music examples -- e.g., Spanish and English music, the Italian madrigal, and the influence of Renaissance humanism on music.
ISBN: 0136084974
(175191)
