Books
About Renaissance Sacred Music
Music in the
Renaissance
Gustave Reese
W.W. Norton Company
ISBN 0393095304
There is not much in the way of books
in the English language. This is the comprehensive text about Renaissance music.
Spanish
Cathedral Music in the Golden Age
Robert Stevenson
University of California Press
A great book about Victoria and other
Spanish composers of Renaissance Sacred Music, but long out of print
Born For the
Muses: The Life and Masses of Jacob Obrecht
Rob. C. Wegman
Clarendon press
ISBN 0198166508
Counterpoint:
The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century
Knud Jeppesen
Dover Publications
ISBN 048627036X
A wonderful book
about the style of music composed by Palestrina. This book is
for composers, and musicians serious about knowing the
technique used in the composition of this music. |