Music and Musicians in Renaissance Rome and Other Courts

Abstract

Introduction - musicians, music and performance practice at the Papal Court musicians - archival sources - notes on some papal documents in Paris a note on the biography of Juan del Encina new archival data concerning the chapel of Clement VII from the diary of a 16th century papal singer a letter from Paolo Animuccia - a composer's response to the Council of Trent music notes on the biography and music of Bertrandus Vaqueras (ca. 1450-1507) the relationship between a Vatican source of the Gloria of Josquin's "Missa de Beata Virgine" and Petrucci's print Illibata dei virgo nutrix and Josquin's Roman style the Medici coat of arms in a motet for Leo X ceremonies for Holy Week, papal commissions, and madness(?) in early 16th century Rome performance practice - the singers of the Papal Chapel and liturgical ceremonies in the early 16th century - some documentary evidence speculations on repertory, performance practice, and ceremony in the Papal Chapel in the early 16th century performance practice in the Papal Chapel in the 16th century competence and incompetence in the papal choir in the age of Palestrina archival studies - other Renaissance courts and cities: Mantua - mecenatismo musicale a Mantova - le nozze di Vicenzo Gonzaga e Margherita Farnese Guglielmo Gonzaga and the castrati the publications of Guglielmo Gonzaga Florence-Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino, as a patron of music Verdelot in Florence, Coppini in Rome, and the singer "La Fiore" France - the membership of the chapels of Louis XII and Anne de Bretagne in the years preceding their deaths Loreto - a canon, a choirboy, and homosexuality in late 16th century Italy - a case study index 20 essays in English and 1 in Italian.