Collected Works. MMR 2

by Allan W. Atlas (Editor), Robert Morton (Editor)

Robert Morton, an Englishman at the Burgundian court of Philip the Good and Charles the Bold, was celebrated in his own time for chansons that spread widely across Europe. Admired by theorists such as Tinctoris and quoted by fellow composers including Josquin, Morton's music circulated through Franco-Burgundian, Neapolitan, and Florentine sources. Though only a small number of chansons survive, pieces like N'araige jamais and Le souvenir became international hits of the late fifteenth century, copied into dozens of manuscripts and reworked by later masters. This edition presents the complete surviving works of a composer whose expressive harmony and inventive voice leading held a prominent place in his day. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance presents critical editions of representative works from the fifteenth to early seventeenth centuries, prepared with modern notation and old-spelling texts, and balanced critical apparatus for both scholars and performers. The format is designed for practical use, and select works appear as octavo offprints to support performance. * Manufacturer BT-MMR2 * Critical Edition * Urtext / Critical Edition

160 pages, Paperback

Published May 1, 2024

About the author

Allan Atlas is Distinguished Professor of Music at the Graduate Center, where he is Director of The Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments; his interests range from music of the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to Giacomo Puccini, free-reed instruments (especially the English concertina, which he plays), music as represented in Victorian literature, and Astor Piazzolla. His book Renaissance Music has become the standard textbook on the subject. He is currently working on Ralph Vaughan Williams.