A comprehensive survey of the music of Crist�bal de Morales, the leading Spanish composer of his time. Crist�bal de Morales was the most famous Spanish composer of the mid sixteenth century. His music was known internationally during his lifetime. He was eulogized by contemporary writers, and his fame and influence remained significant in the seventeenth century: sixty years after his death, he was still regarded as one of the finest composers of sacred polyphony. His repertory includes over twenty Masses and a very ...
Read More
A comprehensive survey of the music of Crist�bal de Morales, the leading Spanish composer of his time. Crist�bal de Morales was the most famous Spanish composer of the mid sixteenth century. His music was known internationally during his lifetime. He was eulogized by contemporary writers, and his fame and influence remained significant in the seventeenth century: sixty years after his death, he was still regarded as one of the finest composers of sacred polyphony. His repertory includes over twenty Masses and a very large number of motets and works in othersacred genres. This wide-ranging volume examines numerous aspects of the composer's works, and the Spanish and other contexts within which they were composed and received. Topics covered include sources, newly uncoveredworks and issues of authorship, musical traditions in Spain and elsewhere, the transmission and reception of Morales's music in Spain, Northern Europe and the New World, patterns of influence and emulation involving Morales and other composers, and modern perceptions of Morales and his music. The book also provides the first comprehensive published list of the composer's works and their sources. OWEN REES is Reader in the Faculty of Music at the University of Oxford; BERNADETTE NELSON is affiliated to Wolfson College at the University of Oxford. Contributors: CRISTLE COLLINS JUDD, MARTIN HAM, TESS KNIGHTON, KENNETH KREITNER, ALISON SANDERS MCFARLAND, MICHAEL NOONE, BERNADETTE NELSON, OWEN REES, STEPHEN RICE, EMILIO ROS-FABREGAS, GRAEME SKINNER, ROBERT STEVENSON, CRISTINA URCHEGUIA, GRAYSON WAGSTAFF
Read Less
Add this copy of Cristobal De Morales: Sources, Influences, Reception to cart. $109.59, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2007 by The Boydell Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1200grams, ISBN: 9781843833116.
Add this copy of Cristobal De Morales Sources, Influences, Reception to cart. $79.00, very good condition, Sold by Leaf and Stone Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 2007 by Boydell Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1843833115. KB65...lii, 426 pp. Works & sources, bibliography, index. Illustrated with music and figs. Octavo. Grey figured dust jacket has slightest edgewear, very small clean tear at bottom front, flaps intact, book itself is clean and unmarked. Lovely copy. "Morales was the most famous Spanish composer of the mid-16th century...sixty years after his death, he was still regarded as one of the finest composers of sacred polyphony. His repertory includes over 20 Masses and a large number of motets and works in other sacred genres....Topics covered include sources, newly uncovered works and issues of authorship, musical traditions in Spain and elsewhere, the transmission and reception of Morale's music in Spain, northern Europe and the new World..." Also contains the first published comprehensive list of Morales' works.; Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music; Vol. 6; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 478 pages.
Add this copy of Cristóbal De Morales: Sources, Influences, Reception to cart. $185.30, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Boydell Press.
