Music in English Renaissance drama / contributors, Nan Cooke Carpenter [and six others] ; edited by John H. Long.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carpenter, Nan Cooke, contributor.

Long, John H., editor.

Series:

Its Readings in agricultural economics, 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--England--16th century--History and criticism.

Music.

Music--England--17th century--History and criticism.

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

Renaissance--England.

Renaissance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1968.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nowhere is the richness and variety of the English Renaissance better shown than in the dramatic works of the period which combined to an unusual degree the arts of poetry, music, acting, and dance. This collection of essays by a number of distinguished scholars offers a series of views of the music of this drama -- ranging from the mystery cycles still performed in the late sixteenth century to the cavalier drama of the early seventeenth.The essays included here are mainly concerned with the minor dramatic forms -- the mystery plays, the ""entertainments,"" the masques, and the works of such

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; INTRODUCTION; Contents; MUSIC IN THE ENGLISH MYSTERY PLAYS; THE ENTERTAINMENT AT ELVETHAM, 1591; CAMPION'S ENTERTAINMENT AT BROUGHAM CASTLE, 1617; PATTERNS OF MUSIC AND ACTION IN FLETCHERIAN DRAMA; MILTON ON LAWES: THE TRINITY MS REVISIONS; CARTWRIGHT'S DEBT TO LAWES; THE MUSIC FOR THE LYRICS IN EARLY SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH DRAMA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIMARY SOURCES; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Bibliographical footnotes.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813186344

081318634X

9780813163611

0813163617

OCLC:

933516091