Isbn: 9780859915502 - the heaven singing i: music in early english religious drama (9 Ergebnisse)

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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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