A flood of tears: melancholy as style in English Music and Poetry circa 1600

The Elizabethan interest in melancholy as a physio-psychological condition is well-documented. Melancholy may also be regarded as designating a musical style in England around the turn of the seventeenth century, a style which this thesis attempts to describe in terms of music and poetry. English...

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Main Author: Hurvitz, Nathaniel Joseph
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4273