The Well-Tun'd Word : Musical Interpretations of English Poetry, 1597-1651

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The years 1957-1651 marked a period of high achievement in the history of song. In The Well-Tund Word Elise Bickford Jorgens studies changing musical conventions of English song in relation to new patterns in poetic taste from the late Elizabethan era th.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jorgens, Elise Bickford
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1982.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Songs, English.
Music and literature.
English poetry > Early modern.
Chansons anglaises > Angleterre > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Musique et litterature > Histoire > 17e siecle.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Songs, English > England > 17th century > History and criticism.
Music and literature > History > 17th century.
England.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Poetry and Music; Prologue; Chapter 1: Music for Meter and Rhythm; Chapter 2: Music for Lines and Stanzas; Part II: English Songs and Their Poetry; Prologue; Chapter 3: Measured Music; Chapter 4: Dance Songs and Tuneful Airs; Chapter 5: English Monody; Chapter 6: Pathetic Airs; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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