Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England : John Merbecke the Orator and the Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550) (Hardcover)

Contents: Foreword; Introduction; A humanist John Merbecke; Erasmian humanism and the reform of sacred music; Anglican plainchant in the making; Rhetoric and the reform of plainchant in The Booke of Common Praier Noted (1550); Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.