Cross, sword, and lyre : sacred music at the imperial court of Ferdinand II of Habsburg (1619-1637)
Cross, Sword and Lyre introduces a nearly lost culture: the Vienna court of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II (1619-37). During the Thirty Years War, Vienna was home to one of the largest, most resplendent musical organizations in Europe, and an important hub for the assimilation of modern Italianate music in the German-speaking lands. In this book Steven Saunders looks at the music in its cultural context, showing how sacred music at this pivotal centre was shaped by the composers, institutions, and ideas of the period. He examines the life and works of the most important court composers, particularly the two imperial chapel masters Giovanni Priuli and Giovanni Valentini. The book demonstrates how their music was shaped by liturgy, court ceremony, dynastic tradition, and music's function as courtly representation and political statement, as well as by the personnel, instruments, and repertoire of the music chapel
Print Book, English, 1995
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 1995
Music
xx, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780198163121, 0198163126
31288065
1. Ferdinand II and the Culture of the Habsburg Court
2. The Imperial Music Chapel under Ferdinand II
3. Music and Liturgy at the Imperial Court
4. The Legacy of Giovanni Gabrieli: Priuli's Missa sine nomine and Valentini's Missa Diligam te Domine
5. Music in the Mirror of Politics: Valentini's Messa, Magnificat et Jubilate Deo a sette chori concertati con le trombe
6. Ingeniorum parens Italia: The Small-Scale Motet before 1625
7. Ad decus Ecclesiae: Baroque Style-Consciousness and Priuli's 1624 Masses
8. The Italianization of Viennese Culture: Marian Motets from Valentini's Sacri concerti
9. Fiducia in Christi crucem: Habsburg Spirituality and the Cross Motets from Valentini's Sacri concerti
Epilogue: The Funeral of Ferdinand II
Appendix A. Personnel of the Imperial Music Chapel under Ferdinand II (1619-1637)
Appendix B. List of the Sacred Vocal Works of Giovanni Priuli and Giovanni Valentini
Appendix C. Anthology of Musical Works