Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music
- Series page
- The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music examples
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography
- Part II Improvisation and composition
- Part III Humanism
- Part IV Music and other arts
- Part V Music in churches, courts, and cities
- 21 Musical institutions in the fifteenth century and their political contexts
- 22 Music and musicians at the Burgundian court in the fifteenth century
- 23 The papal chapel in the late fifteenth century
- 24 The beneficial system and fifteenth-century polyphony
- 25 Professional women singers in the fifteenth century: a tale of two Annas
- 26 Savonarola and the boys of Florence: songs and politics
- Part VI Religious devotion and liturgy
- Part VII Theory and practice
- Part VIII Sources
- Part IX Genres
- Part X Reception
- Index
21 - Musical institutions in the fifteenth century and their political contexts
from Part V - Music in churches, courts, and cities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music
- Series page
- The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music examples
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography
- Part II Improvisation and composition
- Part III Humanism
- Part IV Music and other arts
- Part V Music in churches, courts, and cities
- 21 Musical institutions in the fifteenth century and their political contexts
- 22 Music and musicians at the Burgundian court in the fifteenth century
- 23 The papal chapel in the late fifteenth century
- 24 The beneficial system and fifteenth-century polyphony
- 25 Professional women singers in the fifteenth century: a tale of two Annas
- 26 Savonarola and the boys of Florence: songs and politics
- Part VI Religious devotion and liturgy
- Part VII Theory and practice
- Part VIII Sources
- Part IX Genres
- Part X Reception
- Index
Summary
In musicology, the fifteenth century has traditionally been considered a decisive period in the development of musical institutions. This chapter focuses on the establishment of musical chapels in European courts. It provides an overview of types of musical functions in courtly, ecclesiastical, and civic contexts. These functions provided the institutional grounding for all musical practices, serving to project exclusivity and cachet to the outside world and foster internal stability and identity. The chapter describes the development of representative court chapels in the fifteenth century. The institutional positioning of figural music in court chapels went hand in hand with the changing dynamics of political processes. New developments created a pan-European field of engagement, intensifying contacts and conflicts among political actors across the Continent. Several innovations attended the growth and professionalization of the musical apparatus of courtly liturgy: musical settings of the Ordinary in England, Burgundy, and France and their modification and expansion in the Milanese motetti missales.
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- The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music , pp. 403 - 426Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015