David Starkey's Music and Monarchy
Title | David Starkey's Music and Monarchy PDF eBook |
Author | David Starkey |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 2013-07-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1448141095 |
For the kings and queens of England, a trumpet fanfare or crash of cymbals could be as vital a weapon as a cannon. Showcasing a monarch’s power, prestige and taste, music has been the lifeblood of many a royal dynasty. From sacred choral works to soaring symphonies, Music and Monarchy looks at how England’s character was shaped by its music. To David Starkey and Katie Greening, works like Handel’s Water Music and Tallis’s Mass for Four Voices were more than entertainment – they were pieces signalling political intent, wealth and ambition. Starkey and Greening examine England’s most iconic musical works to demonstrate how political power has been a part of musical composition for centuries. Many of our current musical motifs of nationhood, whether it’s the Last Night of the Proms or football terraces erupting in song, have their origins in the way the crown has shaped the national soundtrack. Published to coincide with a major BBC series, Music and Monarchy is not a book about music. It is a history of England written in music, from our leading royal historian.
David Starkey's Music & Monarchy
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Crown and Country
Title | Crown and Country PDF eBook |
Author | David Starkey |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 546 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0007307713 |
From one of our finest historians comes an outstanding exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. This compendium volume of two earlier books is fully revised and updated.
Elizabeth
Title | Elizabeth PDF eBook |
Author | David Starkey |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2007-09-25 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0061367435 |
An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual—though, as she maintained, a virgin—Elizabeth I is famed as England's most successful ruler. David Starkey's brilliant new biography concentrates on Elizabeth's formative years—from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558—and shows how the experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. From princess and heir-apparent to bastardized and disinherited royal, accused traitor to head of the princely household, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and extreme of condition—and rose above it all to reign during a watershed moment in history. A uniquely absorbing tale of one young woman's turbulent, courageous, and seemingly impossible journey toward the throne, Elizabeth is the exhilarating story of the making of a queen.
Henry
Title | Henry PDF eBook |
Author | David Starkey |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0007292635 |
The highly-anticipated biography of Henry VIII. The significance of his reign is, at times, overshadowed by his six marriages. This book, however, will look beyond the marriages to explore the man, his obsessions, his life and his legacy.
Music and Monarchy
Title | Music and Monarchy PDF eBook |
Author | David Starkey |
Publisher | Ebury Press |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Great Britain |
ISBN | 9781849906814 |
For the kings and queens of England, a trumpet fanfare or crash of cymbals could be as vital a weapon as a cannon. Showcasing a monarchâe(tm)s power, prestige and taste, music has been the lifeblood of many a royal dynasty. From sacred choral works to soaring symphonies, Music and Monarchy looks at how Englandâe(tm)s character was shaped by its music. To David Starkey and Katie Greening, works like Handelâe(tm)s Water Music and Tallisâe(tm)s Mass for Four Voices were more than entertainment âe" they were pieces signalling political intent, wealth and ambition. Starkey and Greening examine Englandâe(tm)s most iconic musical works to demonstrate how political power has been a part of musical composition for centuries. Many of our current musical motifs of nationhood, whether itâe(tm)s the Last Night of the Proms or football terraces erupting in song, have their origins in the way the crown has shaped the national soundtrack. Published to coincide with a major BBC series, Music and Monarchy is not a book about music. It is a history of England written in music, from our leading royal historian.
David Starkey's Monarchy
Title | David Starkey's Monarchy PDF eBook |
Author | David Starkey |
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Release | 2004 |
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