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Recent Researches in the Music of the RenaissanceJohannes Eccard
This volume is the first scholarly performing edition of the 24 German partsongs found in Johannes Eccard's Newe deutzsche Lieder (Mühlhausen: Georg Hantzsch, 1578), and 16 of the pieces appear here for the first time in a modern edition. In addition to the quality of the music itself, this collection connects Augsburg and Eccard's Fugger dedicatees to the potent musical atmosphere of Munich and court where Lassus (Eccard's teacher) was Kapellmeister for over 30 years. Unlike more prolific contemporaries like Lechner, de Vento, and Lassus, Eccard published only five collections during his life, and the Newe deutzsche Lieder is his only publication devoted to exclusively secular music. Eccard has been known previously for his Lutheran Hymns and chorales. The texts, which encompass a wide range of moods and subjects, are based on traditional German lieder. In these pieces Eccard combined the tune-bound German Tenorlied style with madrigal-influenced Netherlands polyphony. Contents |