Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland under King James VI by Mennie Shire, Helena

Cambridge University Press. Used - Very Good. 1969. Cloth, dj., quarto, 286 pp., illustrated. Very Sound. (Subject: Medieval, Tudor.)

Cambridge University Press. Used - Good. 1969. Cambridge University Press. Cloth, no dj, octavo, xi and 285 pp. Staining and scuffing to front and rear boards. No dust jacket. Pages clean, binding sound. Good. (Subject: Renaissance.)

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. First Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. FINE BOOK IN VERY GOOD+, PRICE-CLIPPED DUST JACKET WITH SLIGHT EDGE WEAR AND RUBBING. NO WRITING OR MARKS.

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