Kerry McCarthy

Liturgy and Contemplation in Byrd's Gradualia (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Combining both the cultural history of the dangers faced by Catholics who practiced their religion at this time with a very close reading of how Byrd created this work, McCarthy creates a book that will interest musicologists, religious historians, and students of Elizabethan English culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135865641
• Artikelnr.: 42983849

Autorenporträt

Kerry McCarthy is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Duke University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Gradualia cycle: genre and
presentation Chapter 2 Meditate these wel: English Catholic encounters with
sacred texts Chapter 3 Liturgical practice and English Catholic identity
Chapter 4 Text types and text settings Chapter 5 Chronology and narrative
Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 The Gradualia cycle: genre and presentation Chapter 2 Meditate these wel: English Catholic encounters with sacred texts Chapter 3 Liturgical practice and English Catholic identity Chapter 4 Text types and text settings Chapter 5 Chronology and narrative Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'[Kerry McCarthy] takes us on a guided tour through Byrd's spiritual and contemplative world, with a thoroughness and authority that no previous writer can match... her book's implications for performance are profound.' - Early Music

'Kerry McCarthy's excellent book is the first devoted entirely to Gradualia... McCarthy's writing is clear and eminently readable. The book is well-presented... It is a major addition to the scholarly literature on Byrd.' - Music and Letters

'McCarthy's book stands at the vanguard of musicolgical synthesis for this period, promising to offer useful insights for analysts in adjoining disciplines' - Ecclesiastical History

'[Kerry McCarthy] takes us on a guided tour through Byrd's spiritual and contemplative world, with a thoroughness and authority that no previous writer can match... her book's implications for performance are profound.' - Early Music

'Kerry McCarthy's excellent book is the first devoted entirely to Gradualia... McCarthy's writing is clear and eminently readable. The book is well-presented... It is a major addition to the scholarly literature on Byrd.' - Music and Letters

'McCarthy's book stands at the vanguard of musicolgical synthesis for this period, promising to offer useful insights for analysts in adjoining disciplines' - Ecclesiastical History