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Author Ravelhofer, B. (Barbara)

Title The early Stuart masque : dance, costume, and music / Barbara Ravelhofer
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Contents Dance -- Methodology -- English and continental sources -- Theatre dances -- Discipline or pleasure? -- Costume -- Masque costumes -- Colours and lights : the costume in motion -- Costume conventions for male and female masquers -- Case studies -- Two Jonsonian court masques -- Historical costume, historical dancing : Coelum Britannicum -- Global spectacle : an English masque at Constantinople
Summary The Early Stuart Masque studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissance. It will be a valuable resource for all who are interested in English drama, dance, and music of the early modern period, including scholars and students within English literature, as well as modern artists, directors, and producers. - ;The Early Stuart Masque: Dance, Costume, and Music studies the complex impact of movements, costumes, words, scenes, music, and special effects in English illusionistic theatre of the Renaissanc
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-307) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Dance -- England -- History -- 17th century
Masques with music -- 17th century -- History and criticism
Dance costume -- England -- History -- 17th century
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Opera.
Dance
Dance costume
Masques with music
Maskerspelen.
Engels.
England
Genre/Form Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191515989
0191515981
9780199286591
0199286590
128115427X
9781281154279