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Music and Urban Society in Colonial Latin America(1st Edition)
by Geoffrey Baker, Tess Knighton
Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2011 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-76686-9, ISBN: 0-521-76686-9

"The Spanish colonial project in Latin America from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries was distinctly urban in focus. The impact of the written word on this process was explored in Ángel Rama's seminal book The Lettered City, and much has been written by historians of art and architecture on its visible manifestations, yet the articulation of sound, urban geography and colonial power - 'the resounding city' - has been passed over ..."






Music and Instruments of the Middle Ages
Essays in Honour of Christopher Page (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music)
by Tess Knighton, David Skinner
Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2020 by Boydell Pr
ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-556-4, ISBN: 1-78327-556-1

"Christopher Page is one of the most influential and distinguished scholars and performers of medieval music. His first book, Voices and Instruments of the Middle Ages (1987), marked the beginning of what might be called the "Page turn" in the study and performance of medieval music. His many subsequent publications, radio broadcasting (notably the series Spirit of the Age) and performances and recordings with his ensemble Gothic Voices ..."






Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music(1st Edition)
by Tess Knighton, David Fallows
Hardcover, 428 Pages, Published 1992 by Schirmer Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-02-871221-5, ISBN: 0-02-871221-8

"This fascinating volume is aptly titled: it isn't an introduction to the medieval and Renaissance repertoire, but rather a companion--a collection of essays, each covering some aspect of early music and its modern-day performance, to which a listener (or performer) can refer as topics of interest arise. Editors Tess Knighton and David Fallows have foregone the chronological approach that might seem obvious for a book of this sort (alth ..."






Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450–1800(1st Edition)
The Villancico and Related Genres
by Tess Knighton, Alvaro Torrente, ÁLvaro Torrente
Hardcover, 512 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-5841-2, ISBN: 0-7546-5841-4

"From the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, devotional music played a fundamental role in the Iberian world. Songs in the vernacular, usually referred to by the generic name of 'villancico', but including forms as varied as madrigals, ensaladas, tonos, cantatas or even oratorios, were regularly performed at many religious feasts in major churches, royal and private chapels, convents and in monasteries. These c ..."






The Music of Juan de Anchieta(1st Edition)
by Tess Knighton, Professor Kenneth Kreitner
Hardcover, 242 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-4724-3146-2, ISBN: 1-4724-3146-4

"This book explores Juan de Anchieta’s life and his music and, for the first time, presents a critical study of the life and works of a major Spanish composer from the time of Ferdinand and Isabel. A key figure in musical developments in Spain in the decades around 1500, Anchieta served in the Castilian royal chapel for over thirty years, from his appointment in 1489 as a singer in the household of Queen Isabel, and he continued to recei ..."






Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music(Updated)
by Tess Knighton, David Fallows, Music Examples Halftones
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1997 by Oxford Univ Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-816540-8, ISBN: 0-19-816540-4

"This fascinating volume is aptly titled: it isn't an introduction to the medieval and Renaissance repertoire, but rather a companion--a collection of essays, each covering some aspect of early music and its modern-day performance, to which a listener (or performer) can refer as topics of interest arise. Editors Tess Knighton and David Fallows have foregone the chronological approach that might seem obvious for a book of this sort (alth ..."






Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450-1800(1st Edition)
The Villancico and Related Genres
by Tess Knighton, Álvaro Torrente
Paperback, 512 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-26534-9, ISBN: 1-138-26534-9

"From the fifteenth century to the beginning of the nineteenth century, devotional music played a fundamental role in the Iberian world. Songs in the vernacular, usually referred to by the generic name of 'villancico', but including forms as varied as madrigals, ensaladas, tonos, cantatas or even oratorios, were regularly performed at many religious feasts in major churches, royal and private chapels, convents and in monasteries. These c ..."






Masterworks from Seville
SATB, a cappella (Score) (Faber Edition: Faber Motet)
by Tess Knighton, Alfred Publishing Staff
Paperback, 4 Pages, Published 1998 by Faber & Faber
ISBN-13: 978-0-571-56709-6, ISBN: 0-571-56709-6

"Masterworks from Seville: SATB, a cappella (Score) (Faber Edition: Faber Mote..."






The Royal Chapel in the time of the Habsburgs(1st Edition)
Music and Court Ceremony in Early Modern Europe (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music)
by Tess Knighton, Juan José Carreras, Bernardo García García, Bernando Garcia Garcia, Jj Carreras, Yolanda Acker, Boydell Press, Juan Josand#233
Hardcover, 410 Pages, Published 2005 by Boydell Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-84383-139-6, ISBN: 1-84383-139-2

"English version edited by Tess Knighton The royal chapel, in Europe as a whole and in Spain in particular, was a cultural institution where court ceremonial, politics, music and the arts were brought together in terms of space and function. The ramifications for the patronage and cultivation of the arts and the dynamic between music and the arts and the concept of kingship form the focus of the text.The phenomenon of groupings of singer ..."






A Concise History of Spanish Music
by Tess Knighton, Juan Josi Carreras
Hardcover, Published 2020 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-77125-2, ISBN: 0-521-77125-0






The Music of Juan de Anchieta
by Tess Knighton, Kenneth Kreitner
230 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-02343-2, ISBN: 1-317-02343-9

"19 The composer's name is spelled “Villa” in the tabla, and “Vila” on the first page of the source itself (see the next note.) ... Grove Music Online, s.v. “Alberch i Ferrament alias Vila, Pere [Alberch i Vila, Pere; Albercio Vila, Petro; Albert Vila, Pere; ..."






Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music(Updated)
by Tess Knighton, David Fallows, Tk Knighton
Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of California Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-21081-3, ISBN: 0-520-21081-6

"This fascinating volume is aptly titled: it isn't an introduction to the medieval and Renaissance repertoire, but rather a companion--a collection of essays, each covering some aspect of early music and its modern-day performance, to which a listener (or performer) can refer as topics of interest arise. Editors Tess Knighton and David Fallows have foregone the chronological approach that might seem obvious for a book of this sort (alth ..."






Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450-1800
The Villancico and Related Genres
by Tess Knighton
490 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-56946-0, ISBN: 1-351-56946-5

"Melis, Antonio (1994): 'Poesia e Musica nell'America Coloniale: il caso di sor Juana Ines de la Cruz', in Mila de Santis (ed.) ... Méndez Plancarte, Alfonso (ed.) (1952): Juana Inés de la Cruz, OSH, Villancicos y letras sacras, Obras completas, II (Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica). Mendoza, Iñigo de, OFM (1482?): Vita Christi fecho coplas (Paulo Hurus y Juan Blanco); facsimile edn (Cieza, Murcia: Antonio ... Mignolo, Walter ..."






A Concise History of Spanish Music
by Tess Knighton, Juan J. Carreras
Published 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-77816-9, ISBN: 0-521-77816-6






Devotional Music in the Iberian World, 1450-1800
The Villancico and Related Genres
by Tess Knighton
490 Pages, Published 2017 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-351-56947-7, ISBN: 1-351-56947-3

"vidal, hernán (1985): Socio-historia de la literatura colonial hispanoamericana: tres lecturas orgánicas (Minneapolis: institute for the study of ideologies and literature). vieira, ernesto (1899): Diccionario Musical, 2nd edn (Lisboa: J. G. Pacini). vigil, Mariló (1994): La vida de las mujeres en los siglos XVI y XVII, 2nd revised edn (Madrid: siglo veintiuno de españa editores). villanueva, carlos ( 1988): 'los villancicos gallego ..."






Musica
La Historia Visual Definitiva (Spanish Edition)
by Inc. Dorling Kindersley, Robert Ziegler, Ian Blenkinsop, Kiku Day, R. G. Grant, Keith Hayes, Malcolm Hayes, Chris Ingham, Nick Kimberley, Tess Knighton, Jenny Mccallum, Matt Milton, Chris Moss, Joe Staines, Susan Sturrock, Oliver Tims, Greg Ward, Ed Wilson, Nauria Aparicio, Montserrat Asensio, Antaon Corriente, Gary Ombler, Richard Leeney, Manuel Pijoan Rotgae
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2016 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-1-4654-6073-8, ISBN: 1-4654-6073-X

"Música guía a los lectores a través de la evolución de la música desde sus orígenes prehistóricos; fijándose no tan sólo en la música clásica occidental, si no en la música de alrededor del mundo.Perfilando época por época la historia del desarrollo musical, relacionando teoría musical, tecnología, y genios en su narrativa, Música retrata las vidas de músicos innovadores, desde Mozart a Elvis, analiza en profundidad la historia y el uso ..."






The Music of Juan De Anchieta
by Tess Knighton
Hardcover, Published 2015 by Taylor & Francis
ISBN-13: 978-1-4724-3147-9, ISBN: 1-4724-3147-2






The Music of Juan De Anchieta
by Tess Knighton
Hardcover, Published 2015 by Taylor & Francis
ISBN-13: 978-1-4724-3148-6, ISBN: 1-4724-3148-0






Music(1st Edition)
The Definitive Visual History
by Dk Publishing, Inc. Dorling Kindersley, Smithsonian Institution, David Summers, Ruth O'rourke-Jones, Ian Blenkinsop, Kiku Day, R. G. Grant, Malcolm Hayes, Keith Howard, Chris Ingham, Nick Kimberley, Tess Knighton, Robert Ziegler, Gary Ombler, Richard Leeney
Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Dk
ISBN-13: 978-1-4654-1436-6, ISBN: 1-4654-1436-3

"Produced in association with the Smithsonian and including images from the United States National Music Museum, Music: The Definitive Visual History guides readers through the progression of music since its prehistoric beginnings, discussing not just Western classical music, but music from all around the world. Telling the story of musical developments, era by era, linking musical theory, technology, and human genius into the narrative, ..."






Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music
by David Fallows, Tess Knighton
Published 1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91988-4, ISBN: 0-520-91988-2



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