PIERRE DE LA RUE AND MUSICAL LIFE AT THE HABSBURGBURGUNDIAN COURT

"No composer is more closely associated with the Habsburg-Burgundian court and its famous illuminated manuscripts than Pierre de la Rue, member of the grande chapelle for twenty-four or more years. Honey Meconi presents the first ever study in English of La Rue's life, career, and reception, exploring aspects of his compositional output and highlighting the reawakening of modern scholarship to his unique contribution. Extensive documentation of the events of his life, translation of all contemporary literary and theoretical citations concerning La Rue, and a complete record of the transmission of his music across Europe make this volume the standard reference work on this major composer and essential reading for everyone studying musical life in Europe at the turn of the sixteenth century."--Jacket.