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Book Review
Aug. 20th, 2014 09:58 pmMusic in the Renaissance
by Richard Freedman
This is the second in the Western Music in context series, and it was just as good as the previous volume on medieval music. One of the things I've come to like about this series is that each volume is just enough. You get a good, interesting view of that particular period without too much detail. Yet there is enough depth that I always feel I am learning something new and getting a useful perspective on the music and composers.
In this book, Freeman takes a close look at the relationship between music and the courtly culture of the nobility, which was of particular interest for its look at the role of amateur music making in this culture. I also liked the discussion of the ways in which the rise of printing changed things for both composers and performers. Freeman's treatment of the musical encounters between Europeans and the various native peoples they met in the course of exploration and colonization was especially fascinating, and something I would definitely like to read more about.
by Richard Freedman
This is the second in the Western Music in context series, and it was just as good as the previous volume on medieval music. One of the things I've come to like about this series is that each volume is just enough. You get a good, interesting view of that particular period without too much detail. Yet there is enough depth that I always feel I am learning something new and getting a useful perspective on the music and composers.
In this book, Freeman takes a close look at the relationship between music and the courtly culture of the nobility, which was of particular interest for its look at the role of amateur music making in this culture. I also liked the discussion of the ways in which the rise of printing changed things for both composers and performers. Freeman's treatment of the musical encounters between Europeans and the various native peoples they met in the course of exploration and colonization was especially fascinating, and something I would definitely like to read more about.
