In The World of William Byrd John Harley builds on his previous work, William Byrd: Gentleman of the Chapel Royal (Ashgate, 1997), in order to place t..
John Arthur Smith presents the first full-length study of music among the ancient Israelites, the ancient Jews and the early Christians in the Mediter..
The carole was the principal social dance in France and England from c.1100 to c.1400 and was frequently mentioned in French and English medieval lite..
During the Reformation, the Book of Psalms became one of the most well-known books of the Bible. This was particularly true in Britain, where people o..
Peter Philips (1561-1628) was an English organist, composer, priest and spy. He was embroiled in multifarious intersecting musical, social, religious ..
This collection contributes to a small but significant literature on music, sexuality, and sex in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe. Contribut..
This is the first comprehensive study of William Byrd’s life (1540-1623) and works to appear for sixty years, and fully takes into consideration recen..
Regarded as one of the most important English music treatises in the seventeenth century, Thomas Campion's A New Way of Making Fowre Parts in Counterp..
Regarded by his contemporaries as the leading madrigal composer of his time, Luca Marenzio was an important figure in sixteenth-century Italian music...
This volume unites a collection of articles which illustrate the complexity of European cultural history in the Renaissance. New ways of thinking abou..
This volume explores the means and motives for the distribution of music during the Renaissance. The selected essays discuss both the technical side o..
The practice and composition of music require patronage and institutional support, and they require it in a different fashion from that found in other..