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Masses for the Sistine Chapel: Vatican City, Biblioteca Aposotlica Vaticana, Cappella Sistina, MS 14
Richard Sherr (Ed.)
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Description for Masses for the Sistine Chapel: Vatican City, Biblioteca Aposotlica Vaticana, Cappella Sistina, MS 14
Hardback. Donated in the late fifteenth century to the papal choir, the musical manuscript "Cappella Sistina 14" reflects a new style of mass composition used by some of the era's most noted composers. This book makes the complete contents of "Cappella Sistina 14". Editor(s): Sherr, Richard. Series: Monuments of Renaissance Music. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8 halftones, 7 musical examples, 5 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 304 x 228 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1882.
Donated in the late fifteenth century to the papal choir, the musical manuscript "Cappella Sistina 14" reflects a new style of mass composition used by some of the era's most noted composers. "Masses for the Sistine Chapel" makes the complete contents of "Cappella Sistina 14" - held in the Vatican Library - available for the first time. Featuring fifteen masses and four mass fragments, this volume includes works by such composers as Guillaume Du Fay, Johannes Ockeghem, and Antoine Busnoys. In a comprehensive introduction and critical commentary on each work, Richard Sherr places the choirbook in its historical context, describing ... Read more
Donated in the late fifteenth century to the papal choir, the musical manuscript "Cappella Sistina 14" reflects a new style of mass composition used by some of the era's most noted composers. "Masses for the Sistine Chapel" makes the complete contents of "Cappella Sistina 14" - held in the Vatican Library - available for the first time. Featuring fifteen masses and four mass fragments, this volume includes works by such composers as Guillaume Du Fay, Johannes Ockeghem, and Antoine Busnoys. In a comprehensive introduction and critical commentary on each work, Richard Sherr places the choirbook in its historical context, describing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
Series
Monuments of Renaissance Music
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226752594
SKU
V9780226752594
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About Richard Sherr (Ed.)
Richard Sherr is the Caroline L. Wall '27 Professor of Music at Smith College.
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