Musical Creativity in Restoration England (Hardcover)

Part I. Creative Contexts and Principles: 1. Imitation, originality and authorship; 2. Sources and their functions; Part II. Creative Strategies: 3. 'Ye Fowle Originall in Score': initial invention and the functions of notation; 4. 'I have here sent ye full Anthems': serial recomposition and the culture of transmission; 5. 'For Seaverall Friends': private music and the study of musical texts; 6. 'His mind be filled with the materiall': arrangement, improvisation and the role of memory.