Poetry and Music in Seventeenth-Century England by Diane Kelsey McColley (Englis

Description: Poetry and Music in Seventeenth-Century England by Diane Kelsey McColley This study explores the relationship between the poetic language of Donne, Herbert, Milton and other British poets of the seventeenth century, and the choral music and part-songs of composers including Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Weelkes, and Tomkins. McColley combines close readings of particular poems and musical compositions with engagement in historical controversy about the significance of the arts, their relation to politics, and the reliability of language. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This study explores the relationship between the poetic language of Donne, Herbert, Milton, and other British poets, and the choral music and part-songs of composers including Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, Weelkes, and Tomkins. The seventeenth century was the time in English literary history when music was most consciously linked to words, and when the mingling of Renaissance and new philosophy opened new discovery routes for the interpretation of art. McColley offers close readings of poems and the musical settings of analogous texts, and discusses the philosophy, performance, and disputed political and ecclesiastical implications of polyphony. She also enters into current discourse about the nature of language, relating poets use of language and composers use of music to larger questions concerning the arts, politics and theology. Table of Contents List of musical examples; Acknowledgements; Editions and abbreviations; Note on musical editions; Note on orthography; Introduction; 1. Natures voice: concent of words and music; 2. The concinnity of the arts and the church music controversy; 3. Tuning the instrument: Donnes temporal and extemporal song; 4. The choir in Herberts temple; 5. Sole, or responsive: voices in Miltons choirs; 6. Empire of the ear: the praise of music; Appendix I. Music, poems and iconography for the liturgical year; Appendix II. Chronology; Appendix III. Glossary of musical and liturgical terms; Notes; Discography; Bibliography; Index. Review With an impressive discography and bibliography, as well as a useful index, the book is of utmost interest to the musicologist and the specialist of poetry. Cahiers Elisabethains "McColleys genuine love of the music and texts she examines is a persistent undercurrent in this book, and her willingness to submit her ideas to the scrutiny of a variety of specialists--even when, as in the opening chapter, her conclusions might seem a bit unoriginal, and her insights mostly on a local level--is laudable. Herein, I would submit lies the greatest value of this work for musicologists, and ultimately it is this quality that determines the success of McColleys endeavor. Reading the final pages, with their apostrophe to organs and parish choirs, one becomes aware tht McColleys book is, in a way, her own "song": an intensely personal statement from a respected scholar, and a compelling demonstration of the extent to which an ear for music and an ear for poetry can be mutually enriching." Journal of Seventeenth-Century Music "...this book unquestionably enables us to "listen" to the seventeenth-century poets with greatly increased appreciation." Journal of English and Germanic Philology Promotional "Headline" An exploration of the relationship between poetry and music in the seventeenth century. Description for Bookstore This study explores the relationship between the language of seventeenth-century British poets and the music of composers who were their contemporaries. McColley combines close readings of particular poems and musical compositions with an exploration of larger questions concerning the arts, politics, and language. Description for Library This study explores the relationship between the language of seventeenth-century British poets and the music of composers who were their contemporaries. McColley combines close readings of particular poems and musical compositions with an exploration of larger questions concerning the arts, politics, and language. Details ISBN0521593638 Author Diane Kelsey McColley Pages 332 Publisher Cambridge University Press Language English ISBN-10 0521593638 ISBN-13 9780521593632 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 782.430 Year 1997 Publication Date 1997-12-31 Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Short Title POETRY & MUSIC IN 17TH-CENTURY Birth 1934 Affiliation Rutgers University, New Jersey DOI 10.1604/9780521593632 Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 1997-12-11 AU Release Date 1997-12-11 NZ Release Date 1997-12-11 Illustrations 10 Printed music items; 10 Printed music items We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91363601;

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