With Mornefull Musique: Funeral Elegies in Early Modern England

This book looks at the musical culture of death in early modern England.

This book looks at the musical culture of death in early modern England. In particular, it examines musical funeral elegies and the people related to commemorative tribute - the departed, the composer, potential patrons, and friends and family of the deceased - to determine the place these musical-poetic texts held in a societ...