The Praise of Musicke, 1586: An Edition with Commentary (Music Theory in Britain, 1500–1700: Critical Editions)

Kim, Hyun-Ah

Religion & Spirituality

Routledge

John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) is most famous as the composer of the first musical setting of the English liturgy, The Booke of Common Praier Noted (BCPN), published in 1550. Not only was Merbecke a pioneer in setting English prose to music but also the compiler of the first Concordance of the whole English Bible (1550) and of the first English encyclopaedia of biblical and theological studies, A Booke of Notes and Common Places (1581). By situating Merbecke and his work within a broader intellectual and religio-cultural context of Tudor England, this book challenges the existing studies of Merbecke based on the narrow theological approach to the Reformation. Furthermore, it suggests a re-thinking of the prevailing interpretative framework of Reformation musical history. On the basis of the new contextual study of Merbecke, this book seeks to re-interpret his work, particularly BCPN, in the light of humanist rhetoric. It sees Merbecke as embodying the ideal of the 'Christian-musical orator', demonstrating that BCPN is an Anglican epitome of the Erasmian synthesis of eloquence, theology and music. The book thus depicts Merbecke as a humanist reformer, through re-evaluation of his contributions to the developments of vernacular music and literature in early modern England. As such it will be of interest, not only to church musicians, but also to historians of the Reformation and students of wider Tudor culture.

Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

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The Renaissance Ethics of Music: Singing, Contemplation and Musica Humana (Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World)

In early modern Europe, music – particularly singing – was the arena where body and soul came together, embodied in the notion of musica humana. Kim uses this concept to examine the framework within which music and song were used to promote moral education and addresses Renaissance ideas of religion, education and music.

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This volume provides the first printed critical edition of The Praise of Musicke (1586), keeping the original text intact and accompanied by an analytical commentary. Against the Puritan attacks on liturgical music, The Praise of Musicke, the first apologetic treatise on music in English, epitomizes the Renaissance defence of music in civil and religious life. While existing studies of The Praise of Musicke are limited to the question of authorship, the present volume scrutinizes its musical discourse, which recapitulates major issues in the ancient philosophy and theology of music, considering the contemporary practice of sacred and secular music. Through an interdisciplinary analysis of The Praise of Musicke, combining historical musicology with philosophical theology, this study situates the treatise and its author within the wider historical, intellectual and religious context of musical polemics and apologetics of the English Reformation, thereby appraising its significance in the history of musical theory and literature. The book throws fresh light on this substantial but neglected treatise that presents, with critical insights, the most learned discussion of music from classical antiquity to the Renaissance and Reformation era. In doing so it offers a new interpretation of the treatise, which marks a milestone in the history of musical apologetics.

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The Praise of Musicke, 1586: An Edition with Commentary (Music Theory in Britain, 1500–1700: Critical Editions)

Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

The Renaissance Ethics of Music: Singing, Contemplation and Musica Humana (Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World)

The Praise of Musicke, 1586: An Edition with Commentary (Music Theory in Britain, 1500–1700: Critical Editions)

Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

The Renaissance Ethics of Music: Singing, Contemplation and Musica Humana (Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World)