The arts, particularly music, are viewed in this work as an integral part of evolving royal absolutism during the reign of Louis XIV. Drawing extensively on arc

Examines musical life in the seventeenth century, a period of profound change in the history of music.

First published in 2005, this title provides extensive knowledge on seventeenth-century music.

This volume of eleven essays, compiled as a tribute to Winton Dean on his seventieth birthday, focuses on that area which has absorbed Winton Dean's interest th