ASPECTS OF ENGLISH SONG. Essays by Anthony Rooley
edited by Giovanna Baviera and Martin Kirnbauer
CONTENT
Foreword by Thomas Drescher & Martin Kirnbauer, 4–5
Introduction by Tess Knighton, 6–9
1 – Coy Daphne Fled from Phoebus’ Hot Pursuit: John Danyel’s Songs (1606) Interpreted as the Story of Apollo and Daphne
with Appendix: Notes to “Like as the Lute” (IV), 10–21
2 – The Deep Abyss of Hell Or Bedlam Revisited: A Brief History of English Mad Songs of the 17th Century
with Appendix: English Mad Songs of the 17th Century – A Brief Checklist, 22–71
3 – The Fair Singer: A Survey of a Genre of English 17th-Century Song
with Appendix: The Fair Singer – A Checklist of Songs on this Theme, 72–91
4 – I Saw Fair Cloris Walk Alone. A Study in Text Transmission Over a Hundred Years, 92–101
5 – Take, Oh Take, Those Lips Away. A Study in the Varieties of English Song Setting Over 400 Years, 102–115
6 – Mock Songs. A Forlorn Attempt to Keep Italian Composers Away from Native Shores by Using the English Secret Weapon: Humour, 116–131
7 – Mistress Anne Bracegirdle’s “Passionate Postures”
with Appendix: The Passions: Reference Works, 132–155
8 – Elegy. A Study of Two Parallel Traditions in the Use of Music for Mourning and Consolation
with Appendix: Elegies I have known and Loved, 156–171
9 – Chromatic Ululation, 171–197
Appendix
Publication list of Anthony Rooley
Bibliography 199
Discography 201
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