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Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI
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Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI Hardcover - 1969

by Helena Mennie Shire


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Originally published in 1969, this is a series of linked studies of the character, origins and history of the court-song of Renaissance Scotland, with substantial critical discussion on poets, musicians and court culture generally. Mrs Shire shows that the song repertory of Scotland in the sixteenth century is rewarding poetically and musically both in itself and for the part it plays in the Renaissance culture of Western Europe. The author focuses on two poets, Alexander Scott and Alexander Montgomerie and adds to the value of her work by her constant preoccupation with period and background. She sets herself to answer such questions as: who made the songs and how were they presented? Was the music more important than the words? Did the singers act or dance in performance? Were songs a central part of the life of the court? Her answers illuminate this previously unknown area of study.

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  • Title Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI
  • Author Helena Mennie Shire
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition...
  • Pages 298
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1969
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780521071819 / 052107181X
  • Library of Congress subjects English poetry - Scottish authors - History, Scotland - Court and courtiers - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 69013793
  • Dewey Decimal Code 780
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SONG, DANCE & POETRY OF THE COURT OF SCOTLAND UNDER KING JAMES VI
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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1969. Hard Cover. 4to 052107181X Dust jacket in clear protective sleeve, unclipped., slight rubbed to edges. Green cloth with bright gilt titling backed in black. No ownership inscription. Xii,286 pages clean and tight. A series of linked studies of the character, origins and history of the court-song of Renaissance Scotland, with substantial critical discussion of poets, musicians and court culture generally. Mrs Shire believes that the song repertory of Scotland in the sixteenth century, tlhough unfamiliar even to scholars, is rewarding poetically and musically both in itself and for the part it plays in the Renaissance culture of Western Europe. Mrs Shire presents here the result of a decade of pioneer study. The poems have never before been studied as songs, nor have their links been properly established with ceremony, costume, dance and the pastimes of courtiers. Mrs Shire does all this; and in addition she isolates for… Read More
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