Table of Contents

ContentsIntroductionvii1.Music of the Nobility12.Life and Music of the Middle Class233.Life and Music of the Lower Class454.Elizabethan Notation635.Elizabethan Religious Music736.Elizabethan Musical Instruments937.Instrumental Music and Dance Music1298.Secular Vocal Music1539.Notable Elizabethan Composers187Appendix: Other Elizabethan Composers209Glossary213Index219

Promotional Information

This unprecedented standalone reference book presents a tour de force of the important composers, customs, instruments, and styles of English music during the time of William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth.

About the Author

STEPHEN J. LYNCH is Professor of English at Providence College.

Reviews

?Comprehensive in scope and introductory in nature, Lord's book addresses learning in an interesting period in English history. Lord examines the music of all Elizabethan classes (the royal court, other nobility, and the middle and working classes), placing it in a context defined through an explanation of English social influences such as education, politics, and religious reforms....work will be useful for music history teachers looking for assigned readings, group projects, etc. Recommended.?-Choice

?General readers are served well. The information about music forms and instruments is reliable, and many of the quotations drawn from primary sources illuminate important aspects about Elizabethan culture.?-The Sixteenth Century Journal

?Lord offers an engaging and well-researched musical and cultural history of Elizabethan England....Even the cognoscenti will find much of value, particularly in the rich details of Elizabethan history and society. Recommended for general collections and school libraries.?-Library Journal

?Suzanne Lord's excellent book is an introduction to the music that was composed, published, and performed during the reign of Elizabeth I, daugther of Henry VIII. Living up to its billing of being a cultural history, the book touches on virtually every important aspect of the music world of this era. Additionally, it examines the lives of composers, the evolution of musical instruments (both common and obscure), the system of musical notation, and the many genres of Eliabethan music. Lord also gives a fascinating look at the role of music in the life of the various classes of the age. Easy to read and understand, Lord's book is written for lovers of the Elizabethan period and those with an interest in either English or music history....Music from the Age of Shakespeare: A Cultural History is highly recommended as a comprehensive introductory look at how music can both affect and be affected by social, political, and religious events.?-Music Educators Journal

"Comprehensive in scope and introductory in nature, Lord's book addresses learning in an interesting period in English history. Lord examines the music of all Elizabethan classes (the royal court, other nobility, and the middle and working classes), placing it in a context defined through an explanation of English social influences such as education, politics, and religious reforms....work will be useful for music history teachers looking for assigned readings, group projects, etc. Recommended."-Choice

"General readers are served well. The information about music forms and instruments is reliable, and many of the quotations drawn from primary sources illuminate important aspects about Elizabethan culture."-The Sixteenth Century Journal

"Lord offers an engaging and well-researched musical and cultural history of Elizabethan England....Even the cognoscenti will find much of value, particularly in the rich details of Elizabethan history and society. Recommended for general collections and school libraries."-Library Journal

"Suzanne Lord's excellent book is an introduction to the music that was composed, published, and performed during the reign of Elizabeth I, daugther of Henry VIII. Living up to its billing of being a cultural history, the book touches on virtually every important aspect of the music world of this era. Additionally, it examines the lives of composers, the evolution of musical instruments (both common and obscure), the system of musical notation, and the many genres of Eliabethan music. Lord also gives a fascinating look at the role of music in the life of the various classes of the age. Easy to read and understand, Lord's book is written for lovers of the Elizabethan period and those with an interest in either English or music history....Music from the Age of Shakespeare: A Cultural History is highly recommended as a comprehensive introductory look at how music can both affect and be affected by social, political, and religious events."-Music Educators Journal