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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 May 2000
- ISBN 9780198165569
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 242x161x16 mm
- Weight 430 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous music examples 0
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Short description:
Henry Lawes (1596-1662) has long been acknowledged as the leading English songwriter of the period of Charles I. He collaborated with Milton in Comus (1634) and among his hundreds of songs are settings of many famous lyrics by Cavalier poets such as Carew, Herrick, and Suckling. The last study of Lawes was published in 1940, since when the importance of his songs has been increasingly recognized through recordings and musical editions.
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Henry Lawes (1596-1662) has long been acknowledged as the most important and prolific English songwriter between the death of John Dowland in 1626 and the birth of Henry Purcell in 1659. He is celebrated as Milton's collaborator in Comus (1634). Although he wrote some church music, Lawess significance as a composer lies in his settings of many of the choicest lyrics by Cavalier poets such as Carew, Herrick, Suckling, and Waller–who, like Lawes himself, belonged to the brilliant court of Charles I. This book combines an account of his life with a study of his development as a songwriter during this fascinating historic period. Following the execution of the King in 1649, Lawes played an important part in establishing concerts in London during the 1650s, and was one of the composers of the first English opera, Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes (1656). At the Restoration he set Zadok the Priest for the coronation of Charles II, but died the following year. The last book on Lawes appeared in 1940, since when the importance of his songs has been increasingly recognized–thanks in part to Ian Spink's own previous study, English Song: Dowland to Purcell (1986), and his edition of Cavalier Songs: 1625-1660 for Musica Britannica.
Spink tells us with breathtaking candour: "The fact that most of his songs are short and restricted in their musical range makes writing interestingly about them rather a challenge." Given this challenge, Spink does rather well.... an excellent account of the Englishness of Lawes's musical art ... an excelent account of the Englishness of Lawes's musical art
Table of Contents:
Pitch and Key Designations
Introduction
Beginnings
Lawes and the Cavalier Poets
Songs for Masques and Plays
The Civil War
Concerts, Publications, Operas
Sacred Music: Psalms and Anthems
Appendix: Lawes's Last Will and Testament
List of Works
Songs
Sacred Music
Rounds and Catches
Instrumental Pieces
Bibliography
Index
