Music in English Renaissance Drama

by John H. Long

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813153352
• ISBN13: 9780813153353
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"