The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

In the final decades of the fifteenth-century, the European musical world was shaken to its foundations by the onset of a veritable culture war on the art of polyphony. Now in paperback, The Crisis of Music in Early ModernEurope tells the story of this cultural upheaval, drawing on a wide range of little-known texts and documents, and weaving them together in a narrative that takes the reader on an eventful musical journey through early-modern Europe.

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The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

In the final decades of the fifteenth-century, the European musical world was shaken to its foundations by the onset of a veritable culture war on the art of polyphony. Now in paperback, The Crisis of Music in Early ModernEurope tells the story of this cultural upheaval, drawing on a wide range of little-known texts and documents, and weaving them together in a narrative that takes the reader on an eventful musical journey through early-modern Europe.

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The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

by Rob C. Wegman
The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

The Crisis of Music in Early Modern Europe, 1470-1530

by Rob C. Wegman

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Overview

In the final decades of the fifteenth-century, the European musical world was shaken to its foundations by the onset of a veritable culture war on the art of polyphony. Now in paperback, The Crisis of Music in Early ModernEurope tells the story of this cultural upheaval, drawing on a wide range of little-known texts and documents, and weaving them together in a narrative that takes the reader on an eventful musical journey through early-modern Europe.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781135923242
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/12/2005
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 264
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

Rob C. Wegman is Associate Professor of Music at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

1 They Are Not Hofereyen!2 Polyphony and Its Enemies: Before and After the 1470s3 The Defense of Music 4 A Special Case: England5 The Crisis and Its LegacyAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3NotesBibliographyIndex
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