Born for the Muses
The Life and Masses of Jacob Obrecht
ISBN13: 9780198166504ISBN10: 0198166508
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434 pages
Dec 1996,
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Description
Investigating the life of one of the most prominent composers in Europe in the late fifteenth century, Wegman enlarges our picture of the social and cultural conditions that framed Obrecht's world, drawing on a wealth of new archival sources and a newly discovered dated portrait that sheds light on his development as a composer.Reviews
"Lavish...both visually and in its scope....This book is `must' reading for all students of renaissance music."--Choice
"A first-rate study."--Pastoral Music
Product Details
434 pages; color frontispiece, 20 illus., 32 music examples; ISBN13: 978-0-19-816650-4ISBN10: 0-19-816650-8About the Author(s)
Rob C. Wegman, British Academy Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford
