In der ersten Hälfte des 17. Jahrhunderts bilden sich in Frankreich 2 Cembalobau-Traditionen. Diese koexistieren bis zum Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts. Sie unterscheiden sich sowohl in der Konstruktion wie im Klang und wurden ...

This study reassesses the primary sources which trace the life of Madalena Casulana (c. 1540 – c. 1590), including in-depth analyses of her first four madrigals which were published in the anthology Il Desiderio in 1566. ...

Hildegard von Bingen’s “O tu illustrata” is a puzzle of a piece, both due to its modal instability and its extravagant range of an 18th. Thought of as “impossible” to sing, most recordings and editions have made major ...

Die Forschung auf dem Gebiet der frühneuzeitlichen Harfen hat bisher vor allen Dingen Quellen aus dem italienischen und spanischen Raum in den Fokus genommen. Bestehende Arbeiten zum Musiktransfer zwischen den mittel- ...

This work revolves around Llave de la Modulación, a treatise by Spanish composer Antonio Soler which was published in Madrid in 1762. Chapter X of this treatise is especially significant for performers because it deals ...

Founded in 1131 and extinct in 1834, the Monastery of Santa Cruz in Coimbra has a long-standing history that intimately intertwines with the history of Portugal. Supported by political and religious powers, it rapidly ...

The mummeries, or masked dances, of Freydal (1512–1515), one of Maximilian's allegorical autobiographies, are a realistic portrayal of a flamboyant form of courtly entertainment denounced by the Church, and its colorful ...

This study focuses on the art of self-accompanied song in the first half of the 16th century, by firstly examining settings of public and private performances of secular and sacred music in French and Italian courts as ...

Das Taffel Consort Erster Theil (Hamburg 1621) ist ein Druck mit 50 vierstimmigen instrumentalen Stücken. Der Druck ist Teil eines “englisch-deutschen” Repertoires, welches hauptsächlich in Hamburger Drucken erscheint, ...