Hugh Benham

John Taverner

His Life and Music

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Produktbeschreibung

Hugh Benham, editor of Taverner's complete works for Early English Church Music, now provides the first full-length study of John Taverner (c.1490-1545) for over twenty years. He places the music in context, with the help of biographical information, discussion of Taverner's place in society, and explanation of how each piece was used in the pre-Reformation church services. He investigates the musical language of Taverner's predecessors as background for a fresh examination and appraisal of the music in the course of which he traces similarities with the work of younger composers. Issues confronting the performer are considered, and the music is also approached from the listener's point of view, initially through close analytical inspection of the celebrated votive antiphon Gaude plurimum.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780754601425
• ISBN-10: 0754601420
• Artikelnr.: 47821499

Autorenporträt

Hugh Benham

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The life of John Taverner
The sources of Taverner's music
Some performance issues
Music and worship, with a catalogue of Taverner's work
Taverner's musical background
Taverner's style and technique: Gaude Plurimum
Ave Dei Patris Filia and O Splendor Gloriae
Mater Christi, O Christe Jesu Pastor Bone and the incomplete antiphons
The masses Gloria Tibi Trinitas, Corona Spinea, and O Michael
The masses for five and four voices
Music for the Office
The songs, and Quemadmodum
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index.