Blackwell History of Music in Britain: Volume 2 Bray Hardback Wiley–Blackwell

The Blackwell History of Music in Britain, Volume 2The Sixteenth Century\nAuthor(s): Roger Bray\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631179245, 978-0631179245\nSynopsis\nThe music of the sixteenth century has been \""rediscovered\"" regularly since its composition. It was an especially fertile period for English music in particular, and to put the century in a historical and musicological perspective, this volume spans the era from 1485 to 1625, although in order to provide context and perspective the contributors range back to the middle of the fifteenth century and towards the end on the seventeenth. The book opens with a history of music and musicians in Tudor England, covering composition and performance, as well as the changing functions of music over the period. Two chapters are dedicated to sacred and church music. They cover the last years of Pre-Reformation England (especially the music of Fayrfax, Ashwe.