Books in the A Library of Essays on Renaissance Music series

Collects articles which illustrate the complexity of European cultural history in the Renaissance, and offer as broad a vision as possible of the ways of thinking about music which developed in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

Music in the fifteenth century was available almost exclusively through manuscript copies, while the introduction of the printing of polyphonic music at the beginning of the sixteenth century profoundly changed the circulation of music. This book explores the means and motives for the distribution of music during the Renaissance.

The practice and composition of music require patronage and institutional support, and they require it in a different fashion from that found in other forms of art. This collection of essays brings together the most recent and important contributions by leading scholars in the field to this crucial aspect of Renaissance musical culture.

This volume of essays draws together recent work on historical music theory of the Renaissance. The articles span the major themes addressed by Renaissance writers on music and highlight the range of approaches used by modern scholars. Taken together.

Presents one author's view of the range of scholarly study of sacred and liturgical music of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This title features articles on music of the French and Flemish Low Countries, Italy, Germany, England and Spain.

The practice and composition of music require patronage and institutional support, and they require it in a different fashion from that found in other forms of art. This collection of essays brings together the most recent and important contributions by leading scholars in the field to this crucial aspect of Renaissance musical culture. The articles approach the topic from a number of perspectives and consider the institutions and individuals engaged in supporting music; the systems of employment, benefices and sponsorship put in place to facilitate the support; and where, how and why music was sung and played. Taken together, these articles enable conclusions to be drawn about the interests of patrons and about the social and artistic status of musicians and composers within the courtly and urban context.