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Title: HENRY LAWES
CAVALIER SONGWRITER
By: Ian Spink
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0198165560
ISBN 13: 9780198165569
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 25 May, 2000
Series: Oxford Monographs on Music
Pages: 192
Description: Henry Lawes (1596-1662) has long been acknowledged as the leading English songwriter of the period of Charles I. He collaborated with Milton in Comus (1634) and among his hundreds of songs are settings of many famous lyrics by Cavalier poets such as Carew, Herrick, and Suckling. The last study of Lawes was published in 1940, since when the importance of his songs has been increasingly recognized through recordings and musical editions.
Synopsis: Henry Lawes (1596-1662) has long been acknowledged as the most important and prolific English songwriter between the death of John Dowland in 1626 and the birth of Henry Purcell in 1659. He is celebrated as Milton's collaborator in Comus (1634). Although he wrote some church music, Lawess significance as a composer lies in his settings of many of the choicest lyrics by Cavalier poets such as Carew, Herrick, Suckling, and Waller-who, like Lawes himself, belonged to the brilliant court of Charles I. This book combines an account of his life with a study of his development as a songwriter during this fascinating historic period. Following the execution of the King in 1649, Lawes played an important part in establishing concerts in London during the 1650s, and was one of the composers of the first English opera, Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes (1656). At the Restoration he set Zadok the Priest for the coronation of Charles II, but died the following year.The last book on Lawes appeared in 1940, since when the importance of his songs has been increasingly recognized-thanks in part to Ian Spink's own previous study, English Song: Dowland to Purcell (1986), and his edition of Cavalier Songs: 1625-1660 for Musica Britannica.
Illustrations: numerous music examples
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Returnable
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