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Subject(s)

• Music—Italy—Ferrara—15th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Musicians—Italy—Ferrara [Browse]

Summary note

Based on extensive documentary and archival research, Music in Renaissance Ferrara is a study of the rise of music at a vital center of Italian Renaissance culture, focusing on the patrons and musicians whose efforts gave Ferrara a primary role in European music during the fifteenth century. The successive rulers of the Italian city-state, members of the Este dynasty, brought to Ferrara some of the most important composers of the period, including Guillaume Dufay, Johannes Martini, Jacob Obrecht, and Josquin Desprez. Moreover, Ferrara has long been famous as the seat of activity of three

Notes

Originally published : Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1984. With a new preface.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-381) and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; List of Music Examples; Archival References; Music Manuscripts; Introduction; PART ONE ; MUSIC AT FERRARA IN THE EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY; 1. Ferrara and the Trecento Background; 2. Ferrara under Niccolò III d'Este (1393-1429); THE PERIOD OF LEONELLO D' ESTE (1429-50); 3. Ferrara in the 1430's; 4. Feragut and Dufay; 5. Leonello's Rule, 1441-50; the Court Chapel; 6. Singers and Repertoires; 7. Secular Music; 8. Cathedral Music; BORSO D' ESTE AND FERRARESE COURT CULTURE (1450-71); 9. Borso as Ruler; 10. Pietrobono and the Improvisatory Tradition
• 11. A Secular Manuscript of the Borso Period: the Porto MS and Rinaldo Maria d'Este PART TWO; MUSIC AT FERRARA UNDER ERCOLE I D 'ESTE(1471-1505); 12. Ercole as Private and Public Figure; 13. Recruitment of Musicians in the 1470's; 14. Organization and Functions of the Court Musicians; 15. Size and Structure of Ercole's Cappella di Cantori; 16. Some Representative Singers of Ercole's Chapel; 17. Social and Economic Status of the Musicians; 18. Benefices ; 19. The Last Years of Ercole's Patronage (1497-1505); PART THREE; FERRARESE MUSICAL REPERTOIRES AND STYLES IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
• 20. The Production of Music Manuscripts under Ercole I 21. The Principal Repertoires in Ercole's Earlier Years (1471-82); 22. Masses by Martini and Other Composers; 23. Josquin's Missa 'Hercules Dux Ferrarie'; 24. The Psalms, Hymns, and Other Vespers Music by Martini and Brebis; 25. The Motet at Ferrara; 26. Secular Music at the Court: Chanson and Instrumental Music; 27. Music for Court Festivities and Theater; Epilogue; APPENDICES; I. Sources in the Archivio di Stato, Modena; II. Documents
• III. A Précis of Papal Letters to Duke Ercole I and Duke Alfonso I d'Este on Provisions for the Singers of the Ferrarese Court, 1487-1506 IV. A Chronology of the Correspondence between Duke Ercole I d'Este and Ferrarese Ambassadors at Rome and elsewhere, on Benefices; V. A Chronological List of Musicians Active at Ferrara, 1377-1505; Bibliography; Index;

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ISBN

• 9786612053931
• 1282053930
• 0199703000

OCLC

335476840

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