Elders, Willem and Graham Dixon - Composers of the Low Countries

Oxford/ New York, Clarendon Press / Oxford University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt lettering; tan dj with bw illustration; mylar cover; ix, 193 pp; bw illustrations, map. " The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries represented a true golden age in the musical history of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Northern France, producing such widely influential composers as Josquin des Prez, Ockeghem, Obrecht, and others, whose music is still acclaimed today for its contrapuntal skill and sublime beauty. This study considers this unique school of composers in the broader context of Renaissance culture. Dealing systematically with sacred, secular, and instrumental compositions that are representative of the period, Elders examines the identity of the so-called "Netherlands School" and explains the extraordinary trend of migration southwards. The book includes numerous illustrations and musical examples, short biographies and summaries of over fifty composers, and a glossary of musicological terms."-DJ. Contents: Introduction. Did a Netherlands school ever exist? ; The Netherlands in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ; The state of music in Western Europe about 1400 ; The migration of Netherlanders to Central and Southern Europe ; Centres of music -- Sacred music. The repertoire (the mass ; the motet) ; Compositional techniques -- Sacred music as a symbolic language. The cathedral ; Symbolism in notation ; The symbolism of the Cantus Prius Factus ; Architecture, moral philosophy, and music ; Music to symbolize the mother of God ; Symbolic seven-part writing ; The Remissio Peccatorum ; Trinitas in Unitate ; Musica Coelestis ; 'Gematria' -- Secular music. From Ballata to Villanella ; The art of the chanson ; Latin secular music ; The Netherlanders and the German lied ; The Dutch song -- Instrumental music. Ricercars ; Dance music ; Song arrangements ; Fortuna ; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck -- The position of the composer in society. Johaness Ockeghem ; Josquin Des Prez ; Orlando Di Lasso. Appendix : [fifty Netherlands composers]. VG-/VG- (Ex-library with stamps and labels on spine, inside front and rear covers, ffep and block. Light shelfwear to boards and block.) .

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