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Language: en
Pages: 277
Authors: Owen Rees
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-03-28 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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The first substantial study of Victoria's Requiem, among the most prominent Renaissance musical works, encompassing its genesis, style, and impact.
The Book of Requiems, 1550-1650
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: David J. Burn
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-20 - Publisher: Leuven University Press

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Few western musical repertories speak more to the imagination than the Requiem mass for the dead. Yet, surprisingly, despite the significance of Requiem setting
Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528-1603)
Language: en
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Maria of Austria was one of the longest surviving Renaissance Empresses but until now has received little attention by biographers. This book explores her life,
The Bible in Music
Language: en
Pages: 579
Authors: Robert Ignatius Letellier
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This book explores the relationship between the Bible and the world of music, an association that is recorded from ancient times in the Old Testament, and one t
Byrd Studies in the Twenty-First Century
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2023 marks 400 years since the death of English renaissance composer, William Byrd. Byrd's rich musical oeuvre and storied career has long captured the attentio