The Book of Requiems, 1550-1650

From the Earliest Ages to the Present Period
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-94-6270-371-1
Verlag: Leuven University Press

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 263 mm x 184 mm, Gewicht: 712 g

Reference work for musicologists, music theorists, performers, and music lovers

Few western musical repertories speak more to the imagination than the Requiem mass for the dead. Yet, surprisingly, despite the significance of Requiem settings for our musical culture, the literature concerning them is sparse. The Book of Requiems presents essays on the most important works in this tradition, from the origins of the genre up to the present day. Each chapter is devoted to a specific Requiem, and offers both historical information and a detailed work-discussion. Conceived as a multi-volume essay collection by leading experts, The Book of Requiems is an authoritative reference publication intended as a first port of call for musicologists, music theorists, and performers both professional and student.

The present volume, the second in the series, treats settings composed between c. 1550 and c. 1650, a period in which the Requiem becomes a defining feature of the soundscape of Catholic death rituals.

Contributors: Pieter Bergé (University of Leuven), Franz Körndle (University of Augsburg), Christian Thomas Leitmeir (University of Oxford), Alison Sanders McFarland (Louisiana State University), Bernadette Nelson (CESEM-FCSH, Nova University, Lisbon), Owen Rees (University of Oxford), Stephen Rice (director of The Brabant Ensemble), Katelijne Schiltz (University of Regensburg)

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chemotti, Antonio

Burn, David J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tables

Musical Examples

Introduction

Pieter Bergé, David J. Burn, and Antonio Chemotti

Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1515–55/56): Missa pro defunctis

Stephen Rice

Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500–53): Missa pro defunctis for four voices and Missa pro defunctis for five voices

Alison Sanders McFarland

Philippe de Monte (1521–1603): Missa pro defunctis

Katelijne Schiltz

Francisco Guerrero (1527/28–99): Missa pro defunctis

Owen Rees

Jacobus de Kerle (1531/32–91): Missa pro defunctis

Christian Thomas Leitmeir

Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548–1611): Missa pro defunctis for four voices and Missa pro defunctis for six voices

Owen Rees

Orlando di Lasso (1530/32–94): Missa pro defunctis for four voices and Missa pro defunctis for six voices

Franz Körndle

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/26–94): Missa pro defunctis for five voices

Christian Thomas Leitmeir

Duarte Lobo (c. 1565–1646): Missa pro defunctis for six voices and Missa pro defunctis for eight voices

Owen Rees

Mateo Romero (1575/76–1647): Missa de requiem

Antonio Chemotti

Manuel Cardoso (c. 1566–1650): Missa pro defunctis for six voices and Missa pro defunctis for four voices

Bernadette Nelson

Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1565–1652): Missa pro defunctis for six voices

Bernadette Nelson

Catalogue of Early Polyphonic Requiems

Antonio Chemotti

Primary Sources Cited

Bibliography

Contributors

Über Autor(innen)

Chemotti, Antonio
Antonio Chemotti is assistant professor of musicology at KU Leuven in association with the Alamire Foundation and research affiliate at the Royal Library of Belgium.

Burn, David J.
David J. Burn is professor of musicology and head of the Early Music Research Group at KU Leuven.