Tudor music
By: David Wulstan.
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Music -- England -- 15th century -- History and criticism.; Music -- England -- 16th century -- History and criticism.; Music -- England -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
Description: This wide-ranging and comprehensive study includes discussion of street and minstrel music, court and household music, music for organ and virginals, for the Prayer Books of Edward VI, and the Latin music of Mary and Elizabeth. David Wulstan brings together all the well-known composers such as Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons and Taverner, plus many of the less well-known names. He deals extensively with the question of interpretation for performance, giving his own opinions on the problems of pitch, notation and editing music. -- Book jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 356-368.
Includes index.