Music of the New Lusitania: The Impact of Humanist Thought on Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Portugal

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dc.contributor.advisorWexler, Richarden_US
dc.contributor.authorVicente, Victor Amaroen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMusicen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-14T06:07:53Z
dc.date.available2006-06-14T06:07:53Z
dc.date.issued2006-05-07en_US
dc.description.abstractCosmopolitan, politically influential, and wealthy, Portugal experienced its "Golden Age" in the sixteenth century. Though science and the arts reached their apogee during this era, polyphonic music in Portugal does not seem to have flourished to any great extent before the seventeenth century. The few extant examples of secular court polyphony, in particular, demonstrate a predominantly homorhythmic style possibly cultivated by amateur composers. This aesthetic favoring simpler musical textures likely developed from the humanist notion that music must serve the text. Italian humanism, in fact, had a profound impact on Renaissance Portugal, which claimed its ancient Roman name, Lusitania. In literature and art the influence is quite apparent, but the case for music requires a more detailed study that is sensitive to broader social factors. This study argues that the composition and performance of Renaissance Portuguese court music is best understood within the context of the Counter-Reformation and Christian humanism.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3604
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMusicen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPortugalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRenaissanceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhumanismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledpolyphonyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmusicologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmusicen_US
dc.titleMusic of the New Lusitania: The Impact of Humanist Thought on Polyphony in Sixteenth-Century Portugalen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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