Pierre de la Rue and Musical Life at the Habsburg-Burgundian Court

by Honey Meconi

For twenty-four or more years composer Pierre de la Rue (d. 1518) provided music for one of the leading musical institutions of his day, the grande chapelle of the Habsburg-Burgundian court. Serving successive rulers Maximilian I, Philip the Fair, Juana of Castile, Marguerite of Austria, and the future Charles V, La Rue surpassed a dozen composer colleagues in his creation of polyphony to meet the needs of the court and its extravagant liturgy. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198165544
• ISBN13: 9780198165545
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"