(Hardback)

This book introduces every important aspect of the Elizabethan music world. Music became a form of strategy within court politics, and secular music evolved through the musical and poetic influences of the Italian Renaissance.

(Hardback)

The troubadours of France, Meistersingers of Germany,the Cantus Firmus of Italy, and the instruments that played the music are all included in this thorough guide to music of the middle ages.

Topics include: the British Isles, Dance Music, Eastern Europe, France, Germanic Lands, Harps, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, and more.