Download or read book Music and Musicians in the Escorial Liturgy Under the Habsburgs 1563 1700 written by Michael John Noone and published by University Rochester Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the composition and performance of liturgical music in El Escorial, from its founding by Philip II in 1563 to the death of Charles II in 1700. Philip II promoted within his monastery-palace a musical foundation whose dual function as royal chapel and as monastery in the service of a Counter-Reformation monarch was unique. The study traces the ways in which music styles and practices responded to the changing functions of the institution. Perceived notions about Spanish royal musical patronage are challenged, musical manuscripts are scrutinized, biographical details of hundreds of musicians are uncovered, and musical practices are examined. Additionally, two important choral pieces are printed here for the first time.
Download or read book The Escorial Art and Power in the Renaissance written by Henry Kamen and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acclaimed historian of Europe explores one of the world's most iconic buildings and the monarch who created it Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Colossal in size and imposing--even forbidding--in appearance, the Escorial has invited and defied description for four centuries. Part palace, part monastery, part mausoleum, it has also served as a shrine, a school, a repository for thousands of relics, and one of the greatest libraries of its time. Constructed over the course of more than twenty years, the Escorial challenged and provoked, becoming for some a symbol of superstition and oppression, for others a "wonder of the world." Now a World Heritage Site, it is visited by thousands of travelers every year. In this intriguing study, Henry Kamen looks at the circumstances that brought the young Philip II to commission construction of the Escorial in 1563. He explores Philip's motivation, the influence of his travels, the meaning of the design, and its place in Spanish culture. It represents a highly engaging narrative of the high point of Spanish imperial dominance, in which contemporary preoccupations with art, religion, and power are analyzed in the context of this remarkable building.
Download or read book Building the Escorial written by George Kubler and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Description for this book, Building the Escorial, will be forthcoming.
Download or read book The Escorial written by Henry Kamen and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-13 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Colossal in size and imposing -- even forbidding -- in appearance, the Escorial has invited and defied description for four centuries. Part palace, part monastery, part mausoleum, it has also served as a shrine, a school, a repository for thousands of relics, and one of the greatest libraries of its time. Constructed over the course of more than twenty years, the Escorial challenged and provoked, becoming for some a symbol of superstition and oppression, for others a 'wonder of the world.' Now a World Heritage Site, it is visited by thousands of travelers every year. In this intriguing study, Henry Kamen looks at the circumstances that brought the young Philip II to commission construction of the Escorial in 1563. He explores Philip's motivation, the influence of his travels, the meaning of the design, and its place in Spanish culture. It represents a highly engaging narrative of the high point of Spanish imperial dominance, in which contemporary preoccupations with art, religion, and power are analyzed in the context of this remarkable building."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book El Escorial written by Mary Cable and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El Escorial is more than a monument to the zeal of Spain’s Catholicism; it is also a symbol of Spain at its imperial apogee. This imposing, granite edifice was built by King Philip II to celebrate Spain’s victory over the French at Saint-Quentin on August 10, 1557. Paid for with New-World gold, this sprawling monastery-palace is laid out in a vast grid of corridors and courtyards. At its heart is the austere Doric basilica of San Lorenzo el Real - beneath which are the remains of eleven Spanish kings, including Philip. The story of this fascinating, enduring symbol of Spain’s monarchy is vividly told by historian and bestselling author Mary Cable - from its actual construction to the dramatic lives and history of its rulers. Today, El Escorial is recognized, just as it was by Philip's contemporaries, as “la octava maravilla del mundo” - “the eighth wonder of the world.”
Download or read book Philip II and the Escorial written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digenis Akritis written by Elizabeth Jeffreys and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-07 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digenis Akritis is Byzantium's only epic poem, telling of the exploits of a heroic warrior of 'double descent' on the frontiers between Byzantine and Arab territory in Asia Minor in the ninth and tenth centuries. It survives in six versions, of which the two oldest, dating from the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, are presented here in an edited version. The manuscripts are preserved in the Grottaferrata monastery near Rome and the Escorial Library in Spain. Behind these two versions lies a twelfth-century poem that can now be glimpsed at but not reconstructed. This edition and translation aims at highlighting the nature of the lost poem, and at providing a guide through the maze of recent discussions about the epic and its background.
Download or read book The Decoration of the Royal Basilica of El Escorial written by Rosemarie Mulcahy and published by . This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconstructs King Philip II's grand design for the royal basilica of El Escorial.
Download or read book Guide to the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real Also Called El Escorial written by Juan Martínez Cuesta and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Escorial written by Albert Frederick Calvert and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Spain Portugal written by Henry O'Shea and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Spain and Portugal written by Henry O'Shea and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Bradshaw s illustrated hand book to Spain and Portugal written by Richard Stephen Charnock and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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