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, TomaĚs Luis de, approximately 1548-1611. Victoria, Tomás Luis de, approximately 1548-1611.
1500-1599
Composers--Biography Music--History and criticism--16th century Renaissance--Biography.