ISBN: 9780859915502 - the heaven singing i: music in early english religious drama (19 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: New. Its scope is impressive. a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUMRichard Rastall's two books on music in early English religious drama complement each other. Heaven Singing provides an overview of the evidence for music in the plays, and defines the place, nature and cultural contexts ofmusic in the drama; Minstrels Playing is a discussion of the evidence for every play in that repertory, and is therefore concerned with the place and nature of musical performance in each play individually. Where should there be music in an anonymous English religious play of the fifteenth or sixteenth century? What sort of music should it be, and by what forces should it be performed? This volume shows how music was used at the time of the plays' production, both through a close examination of individual texts, and of the place of music in the intellectual and artistic life of the middle ages. Richard Rastall begins by discussing the internal literary evidence of theplay texts, the surviving notated music in the plays, and documentary evidence of productions, before turning to the wider cultural context in which the plays were composed and performed. He considers the representational and dynamic functions of music in the plays, the relationship between music, drama and liturgy, and the performers themselves - who they were, and what they might be expected to do. Related factors necessary to the discovery of how musicwas used in late medieval drama are also considered, from medieval cosmology and the numerical construction of plays to the age and size of boy actors. Dr RICHARD RASTALL is Reader in Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.…

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2nd edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxi, 422 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Part 1. Introduction. Music in Middle English drama -- The repertory : historical and fictional drama -- The repertory : civic, community and institutional plays. Part 2. The internal literary evidence. The manuscripts -- Dramatic directions -- Text references -- The proclamations and banns -- Lyrics and song-texts -- The use of Latin. Part 3. The surviving music. The Shrewsbury and Pepys fragments -- York -- Coventry -- Chester. Part 4. The documentary evidence. Introduction, and a note on money -- Guild accounts and related records -- Chelmsford : the summer of 1562. Part 5. Music as representation. The music of heaven -- The music of mortals -- The sounds of hell -- Realism and representation. Part 6. Music and dramatic structure. The dynamic functions of music -- The music of numbers : structure and proportion. Part 7. Music and liturgy. The liturgical background -- The presentation in the temple -- The angelic announcement to the shepherds -- The purification -- The entry into Jerusalem -- The last supper : Maundy and Mass -- The harrowing of hell -- Miscellaneous sacraments and offices : baptism, marriage, burial, sacrifice and blessing -- Questions of provenance. Part 8. The performers. Professional and amateur -- The problem of female roles -- The angels -- The shepherds -- Instrumentalists -- The audience. Subjects; Religious drama, English Incidental music History and criticism. Drama, Medieval History and criticism. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English History and criticism. 1 Kg.…

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2nd edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxi, 422 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Part 1. Introduction. Music in Middle English drama -- The repertory : historical and fictional drama -- The repertory : civic, community and institutional plays. Part 2. The internal literary evidence. The manuscripts -- Dramatic directions -- Text references -- The proclamations and banns -- Lyrics and song-texts -- The use of Latin. Part 3. The surviving music. The Shrewsbury and Pepys fragments -- York -- Coventry -- Chester. Part 4. The documentary evidence. Introduction, and a note on money -- Guild accounts and related records -- Chelmsford : the summer of 1562. Part 5. Music as representation. The music of heaven -- The music of mortals -- The sounds of hell -- Realism and representation. Part 6. Music and dramatic structure. The dynamic functions of music -- The music of numbers : structure and proportion. Part 7. Music and liturgy. The liturgical background -- The presentation in the temple -- The angelic announcement to the shepherds -- The purification -- The entry into Jerusalem -- The last supper : Maundy and Mass -- The harrowing of hell -- Miscellaneous sacraments and offices : baptism, marriage, burial, sacrifice and blessing -- Questions of provenance. Part 8. The performers. Professional and amateur -- The problem of female roles -- The angels -- The shepherds -- Instrumentalists -- The audience. Subjects; Religious drama, English Incidental music History and criticism. Drama, Medieval History and criticism. Mysteries and miracle-plays, English History and criticism. 1 Kg.…

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Paperback. Zustand: New. Its scope is impressive. a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUMRichard Rastall's two books on music in early English religious drama complement each other. Heaven Singing provides an overview of the evidence for music in the plays, and defines the place, nature and cultural contexts ofmusic in the drama; Minstrels Playing is a discussion of the evidence for every play in that repertory, and is therefore concerned with the place and nature of musical performance in each play individually. Where should there be music in an anonymous English religious play of the fifteenth or sixteenth century? What sort of music should it be, and by what forces should it be performed? This volume shows how music was used at the time of the plays' production, both through a close examination of individual texts, and of the place of music in the intellectual and artistic life of the middle ages. Richard Rastall begins by discussing the internal literary evidence of theplay texts, the surviving notated music in the plays, and documentary evidence of productions, before turning to the wider cultural context in which the plays were composed and performed. He considers the representational and dynamic functions of music in the plays, the relationship between music, drama and liturgy, and the performers themselves - who they were, and what they might be expected to do. Related factors necessary to the discovery of how musicwas used in late medieval drama are also considered, from medieval cosmology and the numerical construction of plays to the age and size of boy actors. Dr RICHARD RASTALL is Reader in Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.…

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Paperback. Zustand: New. Its scope is impressive. a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUMRichard Rastall's two books on music in early English religious drama complement each other. Heaven Singing provides an overview of the evidence for music in the plays, and defines the place, nature and cultural contexts ofmusic in the drama; Minstrels Playing is a discussion of the evidence for every play in that repertory, and is therefore concerned with the place and nature of musical performance in each play individually. Where should there be music in an anonymous English religious play of the fifteenth or sixteenth century? What sort of music should it be, and by what forces should it be performed? This volume shows how music was used at the time of the plays' production, both through a close examination of individual texts, and of the place of music in the intellectual and artistic life of the middle ages. Richard Rastall begins by discussing the internal literary evidence of theplay texts, the surviving notated music in the plays, and documentary evidence of productions, before turning to the wider cultural context in which the plays were composed and performed. He considers the representational and dynamic functions of music in the plays, the relationship between music, drama and liturgy, and the performers themselves - who they were, and what they might be expected to do. Related factors necessary to the discovery of how musicwas used in late medieval drama are also considered, from medieval cosmology and the numerical construction of plays to the age and size of boy actors. Dr RICHARD RASTALL is Reader in Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.…

Softcover/Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Where should there be music in an anonymous English religious play of the fifteenth or sixteenth century? What sort of music should it be, and by what forces should it be performed? What clues are to be found in the place of music in the wider intellectual and artistic life of the late middle ages? In answering such questions, this study makes an important contribution towards understanding not only how music was used at the time of the plays' production, but also how it should be used in a modern production (taking in on the way medieval cosmology, construction of the plays, and boy actors, among many other subjects). The author considers the internal literary evidence of the play texts, the surviving notated music in the plays, the documentary evidence of their production and the cultural context in which the plays were performed: this latter section covers the representational and dynamic functions of music in the plays, the relationship between music, drama and liturgy, and the requirements for performers. Dr RICHARD RASTALL is Reader in Historical Musicology and Dean of the Faculty of Music, Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Leeds. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 687.…

Paperback. Zustand: New. Its scope is impressive. a formidable achievement, indispensable for any serious and comprehensive study of early English drama. MEDIUM AEVUMRichard Rastall's two books on music in early English religious drama complement each other. Heaven Singing provides an overview of the evidence for music in the plays, and defines the place, nature and cultural contexts ofmusic in the drama; Minstrels Playing is a discussion of the evidence for every play in that repertory, and is therefore concerned with the place and nature of musical performance in each play individually. Where should there be music in an anonymous English religious play of the fifteenth or sixteenth century? What sort of music should it be, and by what forces should it be performed? This volume shows how music was used at the time of the plays' production, both through a close examination of individual texts, and of the place of music in the intellectual and artistic life of the middle ages. Richard Rastall begins by discussing the internal literary evidence of theplay texts, the surviving notated music in the plays, and documentary evidence of productions, before turning to the wider cultural context in which the plays were composed and performed. He considers the representational and dynamic functions of music in the plays, the relationship between music, drama and liturgy, and the performers themselves - who they were, and what they might be expected to do. Related factors necessary to the discovery of how musicwas used in late medieval drama are also considered, from medieval cosmology and the numerical construction of plays to the age and size of boy actors. Dr RICHARD RASTALL is Reader in Historical Musicology at the University of Leeds, and Dean of the Faculty of Arts.…