Music in Elizabethan court politics /
Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603) had a strong reputation for musicality; her court musicians, Thomas Tallis and William Byrd, even suggested that music was indispensable to the state. But what roles did music play in Elizabethan court politics? How did a musical image assist the Queen in projecting her...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
The Boydell Press,
2015.
|
| Series: | Studies in medieval and Renaissance music.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Music, authority, and the royal image
- The politics of intimacy
- The royal household and its revels
- Noble masculinity at the tournament
- Politics, petition, and complaint on the royal progresses
- Appendix A, Secular musicians employed in the royal household of Elizabeth I
- Appendix B, Extant secular songs connected to Elizabeth and her court.
