The musicians at the court of Rudolf II
Subtitle: the musical entourage of Rudolf II (1576-1612) reconstructed from the imperial accounting ledgers
By: Michaela Žáčková Rossi
Series: Clavis monumentorum musicorum regni Bohemiae. Series S -- VI; Clavis monumentorum musicorum regni Bohemiae -- v. 6.
Publisher: KLP
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Prague
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9788087773031
Subjects: Art patronage; Music patronage; History; Hofmusik; Hofmusiker
Description: From the contents:0Introduction: The imperial court chamber accounting ledgers from a musical perspective: The current state of research of the music at the court of Rudolf II / Imperial accounting ledgers: An essential source for understanding Rudolfine musical environment / The lost accounting ledgers and the late Rudolfine bureaucracy / What the account ledger can tell us ? 0Basic methods of archival document processing: The digitization and data elaboration of the archival documents / Reading and cataloguing the archival documents: the creation of the master table / Associating the digital images to the manuscript pages.0The book structure: List of Rudolfine musicians (1576-1612) / Rudolfine musicians and their salaries (1576-1612) / List of trumpet apprentice?s teachers (Lehrmeisters) ( 1581-1611) / List of choirboys (Singerknaben) (1576-1616). 0.
Notes: "The present volume focuses on the lists of the Rudolfine musicians recorded in the Imperial accounts between 1576 and 1612 and ... offers an overview of all their salaries ... The appendices also contain the lists of teachers of trumpet apprentices and choirboys"--Page xxxi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.