The New Grove high Renaissance masters : Josquin, Palestrina, Lassus, Byrd, Victoria / High Renaissance masters. Gustave Reese ... [et al.]. - 1st American ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, 1984. - 330 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. - The Composer biography series . - The Composer biography series. .

"First published in the New Grove dictionary of music and musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, 1980"--T.p. verso.

Includes lists of works, bibliographical references, and index.

Josquin Desprez / Gustave Reese, Jeremy Noble -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina / Lewis Lockwood, Jessie Ann Owens -- Orlande de Lassus / James Haar -- William Byrd / Joseph Kerman -- Tomás Luis de Victoria / Robert Stevenson.

Considers the lives and works of the five greatest Renaissance composers - Josquin Desprez, Palestina, Lassus, Byrd and Victoria, illuminated by texts, expanded and updated from The new grove dictionary ... with a comprehensive worklist, index and fully revised bibliography.

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Josquin, des Prez, -1521.
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da, 1525?-1594.
Lasso, Orlando di, 1532-1594
Byrd, William, 1539 or 1540-1623.
Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.
Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.


1500-1599


Composers--Biography
Music--History and criticism--16th century
Renaissance--Biography.


Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

ML390 / .N462 1984

780/.92/24 B

780.92 N532r