The Fitzwilliam virginal book: historical background and performance practice issues

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Publication Type dissertation
School or College School of Music
Department Music
Title The Fitzwilliam virginal book: historical background and performance practice issues
Date 2009-05
Description During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in England in the late sixteenth-early seventeenth centuries, very repressive anti-Catholic laws were enacted by Parliament. Catholicism then became the illegal underground religion of the gentry, sustained primarily by a web of intricate family alliances. The aims of this paper include: (1) a discussion of how the anti-Catholic laws passed by Parliament during the 1570s and 1580s severely affected the Tregian family, specifically Francis Tregian Sr. and Francis Tregian Jr.; (2) an in-depth exploration of the Tregian family's relationships with other aristocratic Catholic recusant families and musicians within the larger context of late sixteenth-century Tudor England; and (3) a detailed examination of the facsimile of the manuscript of The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book as an aid in creating a more accurate modern performing edition of four pieces from this anthology that have not been reedited since the first printing by Breitkopf und Härtel in 1899.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Fitzwilliam virginal book; Harpsichord; English; Baroque
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Pamela Palmer Jones 2009
Format Medium application/pdf
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Identifier etd3/id/3344
ARK ark:/87278/s6np5cpq
Setname ir_som
ID 196909
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6np5cpq
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