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Author:

Herissone, Rebecca.

Title:

To fill, forebear, or adorne : the organ accompaniment of Restoration sacred music / Rebecca Herissone.

Publisher:

Royal Musical Association/Ashgate,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xvi, 141 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Church music--England--17th century.
Musical accompaniment--England--17th century.
Organ music, Arranged--17th century--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-135) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- The comments of Roger North -- Organ books associated with London sacred institutions -- A note about anthems with strings -- The principal characteristics of Restoration organ books -- Doubling the inner parts -- Figuring -- Number of voices played -- Alteration and addition of material -- Adaptation of double vocal lines -- Independent material added to vocal sections -- Distinctions between different genres and sections -- Service settings, full anthems and verse anthems -- Choruses, ensemble verses and solos -- Ritornelli -- Incomplete right-hand parts and figured-bass parts -- The unusual case of Matthew Locke -- 'How doth the city sit solitary' -- Locke's style of accompaniment in context -- Conclusions.

Series:

Royal Musical Association monographs ; no. 14

ISBN:

9780754641506 (alk. paper)
0754641503 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)58042920

LCCN:

2005005885

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)