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University of Rochester Press Songs Without Words: Keyboard Arrangements of Vocal Music in England, 1560-1760 (Eastman Studies in Music)

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Keyboard arrangements of vocal music flourished in England between1560 and 1760. Songs without Words, by noted harpsichordist and early-music authority Sandra Mangsen, is the first in-depth study of this topic, uncovering a body of material that is remarkably varied, musically interesting, and indicative of major trends in musical and social life at the time. Mangsen's Songs without Words argues that the pieces upon which these keyboard arrangements were based constituted a shared repertoire, akin to the jazz standards of the twentieth century. In Restoration England, the ballad tradition saw tunes and texts move between oral, manuscript, and printed transmission and from street to playhouse and back again. During the eighteenth century, printed keyboard arrangements were aimed particularly at female amateur keyboardists and helped opera to become a widely popular genre. Songs without Words considers a wide range of model pieces, including songs of many kinds and arias and other numbers from operas and oratorios. The resulting keyboard versions range from simple and pedagogically oriented to highly virtuosic. Two central issues -- the relationship between an arrangement and its model and the reception and aesthetics of arrangements -- are explored in the framing chapters. The result is a study that will be of great interest to scholars, performers, and anyone who loves the music of the late Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classic eras. Review Offers a useful introduction to selected repertories of vocal music arranged for keyboard in England between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries and also charts some territory that will be unfamiliar to most readers. ― EARLY MUSIC PERFORMER The subject of musical arrangement is one that has begun to arouse increasing interest among musicologists in recent years, as they have moved away from a long-standing tendency to deride such reworkings. It is thus particularly welcome that musicology's re-evaluation of arrangement as a creative activity has included a strong focus on early music, especially that of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Sandra Mangsen's book is the first full-length study of the topic for the early modern period, so it forms an important addition to the field. ― MUSIC & LETTERS A well-documented book on a very attractive topic that is still little researched. The prose is clear and the tables are detailed and informative. [Mangsen] considers the purposes and motivations for the dissemination of arrangements in a longer chronological perspective, aligning Babell's virtuoso display with that of Liszt or Godowsky. ― EARLY MUSIC Mangsen should be congratulated for her thorough investigation into such a broad subject with numerous sources of disparate natures. This repertory has not received such thoughtful interrogation in a book-length publication, and Songs without Words has taken a large step toward helping us understand the complex interweaving of theatre culture, domestic markets, social interaction, and the role of performers/composers/copyists in musical transmission between 1560 and 1760. . . . [A] valuable and significant contribution to the literature on English music and will significantly aid future examinations that further our understanding of this exciting period. ― NABMSA REVIEWS Sandra Mangsen brings deep and thorough research to [her] central topic. The book raises and answers questions like: What was the market for the keyboard arrangements of songs from the pop culture of the day? Did it vary by gender? Were they intended for professionals, good amateurs, or dilettantes? What purposes did these pieces serve before the age of recording? Does the absence of a song's words imply anything for performances? Should keyboard arrangements of songs be considered as important repertoire alongside original keyboard pieces? . . . Physically deluxe, . . . a nice-looking book. ― AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE About the A

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