Abstract

Notes on contributors Editor's preface 1. Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque Tim Carter 2. The seventeenth-century musical 'work' John Butt 3. Music in the marketplace Stephen Rose 4. Music in new worlds Victor Anand Coelho 5. Music and the arts Barbara Russano Hanning 6. Music and the sciences Penelope Gouk 7. The search for musical meaning Tim Carter 8. Power and display: music in court theatre Lois Rosow 9. Mask and illusion: Italian opera after 1637 Tim Carter 10. The church triumphant: music in the liturgy Noel O'Regan 11. Devotion, piety and commemoration: sacred songs and oratorios Robert Kendrick 12. Image and eloquence: secular song Margaret Murata 13. Fantasy and craft: the solo instrumentalist Alexander Silbiger 14. Form and gesture: canzona, sonata and concerto Gregory Barnett Appendices Stephen Rose I. Chronology II. Places and Institutions III. Personalia Index.

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