Conference Presentations by Andrew J Cheetham
Books by Andrew J Cheetham
Book Reviews by Andrew J Cheetham
Papers by Andrew J Cheetham
English concertato music of the seventeenth century has remained a relatively neglected area of m... more English concertato music of the seventeenth century has remained a relatively neglected area of musicological scholarship and has yet to receive the attention it deserves. More specifically, the period between the death of William Byrd (1540–1623) and the rise of Henry Purcell (1659–1695) remains something of a historiographical lacuna and is often disparaged for the decline in English musical standards. It is demonstrated in this dissertation, however, that in certain Royalist and court-related circles English composers were conversant in the stile nuovo and remained absolutely up-to-date with the latest Italian methods of composition. An attempt is made to construct a paradigm of influence that can be used profitably when considering the appropriation and assimilation of the techniques of the stile nuovo by English composers. The first composer to be examined in this dissertation is Richard Dering (1580–1620), who should be considered the progenitor of small-scale concertato music...
Uploads
Conference Presentations by Andrew J Cheetham
Books by Andrew J Cheetham
Book Reviews by Andrew J Cheetham
Papers by Andrew J Cheetham