Piety and Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Holland: The Choirbooks of St Peter's Church, Leiden

by Eric Jas

Study of musical manuscripts from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, opening a window on piety, liturgy and musical life in late medieval society.

The musical culture of the Low Countries in the early modern period was a flourishing one, apparent beyond the big cathedrals and monasteries, and reaching down to smaller parish churches. Unfortunately, very few manuscripts containing the music have survived from the period, and what we know...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783273267
• ISBN13: 9781783273263
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.3"