Renaissance Collected Volumes

Print Books

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Musical Instruments Through the Ages by Anthony Baines (Editor)
Publication Date: 1975-01-01
Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music by Tess Knighton (Editor); David Fallows (Editor)
Publication Date: 1992-12-01

The Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music is a survey of the music and culture of Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. With almost 50 essays on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period.
Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music by Jan LaRue (Editor); Larry Laskowski
Publication Date: 1978-09-03

This book helps musicians to locate Schenker's analyses quickly and efficiently.
Instruments, Ensembles, and Repertory, 1300-1600 by Stewart Carter (Editor); Timothy J. McGee (Editor)
Publication Date: 2014-01-28

This collection of essays on medieval and Renaissance music performance adds to the areas in which Keith Polk has made significant contributions, namely instruments, ensembles, and repertory.
Women and Music by Karin Pendle (Editor)
Publication Date: 2000-12-31

Women & Music now features even more women composers, performers, and patrons, even more musical contexts, and an expanded view of women in music outside
Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Susan Forscher Weiss; Russell E. Murray; Cynthia J. Cyrus; Russell E. Murray
Call Number: Available in print and ebook forms.

Publication Date: 2010-07-16

This book addresses topics including gender, social status, and the role of the Church to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy.
The Josquin Companion by Richard Sherr (Editor)
Publication Date: 2001-03-22

The Josquin Companion presents both the scholarly and general reader with the most complete and concentrated discussion ever published in English on the music of Josquin des Prez (c.1450-1521) - the greatest composer of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
Music from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance by Frederick W. Sternfeld
Publication Date: 1973
The Cambridge Companion to Monteverdi by John Whenham (Editor); Richard Wistreich (Editor)
Publication Date: 2007-12-13

This book provides an authoritative treatment of Monteverdi and his music, complementing Paolo Fabbri's standard biography of the composer.
Music and Musicians in Renaissance Cities and Towns by Fiona Kisby (Editor)
Publication Date: 2001-04-19

This interdisciplinary collection examines musical culture in urban centres in Renaissance Europe and the New World.
Byrd Studies by Alan W. Brown (Editor); Richard Turbet (Editor)
Publication Date: 1992-01-09

This symposium celebrates the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Byrd, one of the greatest English composers.
Essays in Musicology, in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday by Gustave Reese
Publication Date: 1969-01-01

Includes some essays on Renaissance composers.

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Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Susan Forscher Weiss; Russell E. Murray; Cynthia J. Cyrus; Russell E. Murray
Call Number: Available in print and ebook forms.

Publication Date: 2010-07-16

This book addresses topics including gender, social status, and the role of the Church to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy.
A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music by Jeffery Kite-Powell (Editor)
Publication Date: 2007-08-02

This guide is comprised of chapters on performance practice issues such as vocal and choral music; various types of ensembles; profiles of specific instruments; instrumentation; performance practice issues; theory; dance; regional profiles of Renaissance music; and guidelines for directors.
Early Printed Music and Material Culture in Central and Western Europe by Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl (Editor); Grantley McDonald (Editor)
Publication Date: 2021-05-04

This book presents a varied and nuanced analysis of the dynamics of the printing, publication, and trade of music in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries across Western and Northern Europe.
Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Secular and Sacred Music To 1900 by Laurel Parsons (Editor); Brenda Ravenscroft (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018-10-26

Through musical analysis of compositions written between the mid-twelfth to late nineteenth centuries, this volume celebrates the achievements of eight composers, all women: Hildegard of Bingen, Maddalena Casulana, Barbara Strozzi, Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, Marianne Martines, Josephine Lang, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach.
Essays in Musicology, in Honor of Dragan Plamenac on His 70th Birthday by Gustave Reese
Publication Date: 1969-01-01

Includes some essays on Renaissance composers.