Music from the Age of Shakespeare: A Cultural History

by Sandra Garrett Shannon, Suzanne J Lord, Suzanne Lord

Book Overview

This book introduces every important aspect of the Elizabethan music world. In ten scrupulously researched yet accessible chapters, Lord examines the lives of composers, the evolution of musical instruments, the Elizabethan system of musical notation, and the many textures and traditions of Elizabethan music. Biographical entries introduce the most significant and prolific composers as well as the members of royal society who influenced Elizabethan...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313317135
• ISBN13: 9780313317132
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.6"