| Adrian Willaert: A Guide to Research Contributor(s): Kidger, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815339623 ISBN-13: 9780815339625 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: This book provides a bibliographic study of the sixteenth-century Flemish composer Adrian Willaert, maestro di cappella at the basilica of St. Mark's in Venice from 1527 until his death in 1562. Willaert was one of the leading composers of the generation after Josquin Desprez, building a reputation as a versatile composer of almost all of the important genres of the time, as well as taking an integral role in establishing Venice as a major musical center by the mid-sixteenth century. The first section of this book gives a concordance of all print and manuscript sources of Willaert's music, including sources of his music transmitted anonymously. The second section of the book includes a catalog of Willaert's works, manuscript sources, modern editions, a chronology of Willaert arrangements, more recent published editions, a bibliography of the secondary literature, and a discography. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes |
| Dewey: 016.782 |
| LCCN: 2004023239 |
| Series: Routledge Music Bibliographies |
| Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.04" W x 9.28" (1.66 lbs) 472 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This key text will be the first full-length research tool on Adrian Willaert, the Renaissance composer of motets and madrigals who came to prominence in the first part of the sixteenth century, and should prove invaluable to researchers and students. |