Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy Under the Habsburgs, 1563-1700

by Michael J. Noone

Philip II of Spain founded the great Spanish monastery and royal palace of El Escorial in 1563, promoting within it a musical foundation whose dual function as royal chapel and monastery in the service of a Counter Reformation monarch was unique; this volume explores the performance and composition of liturgical music there from its beginnings to the death of Charles II in 1700. It traces the ways in which music styles and practices responded to the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878822713
• ISBN13: 9781878822710
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"