, Brepols, 2025 Paperback, Pages: 719, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:4 b/w, 123 col., 27 tables b/w., 60 musical examples, Languages: English, German. ISBN 9782503619064.
Summary This collection of essays is the first to focus exclusively on the Wittelsbach court of Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria (1493-1550). The contributors argue for a deeper understanding of this duke's reign and acknowledge his crucial role in shaping the religious and cultural identity of the Duchy of Bavaria. By providing insights into the duke's cultural aspirations, the organisation of the court, musical sources, religious musical practice, and everyday working life, this book aims to: (1) situate the court of Wilhelm IV in the context of the religious and political upheavals of the early sixteenth century; (2) trace the development of the musical repertoire and personnel of the Bavarian court chapel between 1500 and 1550; and (3) critically assess the degree to which the Munich court could be considered 'modern' by re-evaluating the broader cultural, religious, and musical life of the court around 1520. The volume thus sheds light on the cultural ambitions of a duke who defined music and art as expressions of strategic elements that interwove tradition, devotion, and representation in a programme of governance based on humanist education-a duke whose foresight enabled the Munich court to quickly become one of the most prestigious and famous seats of power in the Holy Roman Empire. TABLE OF CONTENTS Duke Wilhelm IV, the Munich Court Chapel, and the Ducal Cultural Policy at the Beginning of the 1520s Stefan Gasch History - Religion - Art / Geschichte - Religion - Kunst Bayern und das Jahr 1523. Einige forschungsgeschichtliche berlegungen Christof Paulus Floreat semper Bavariae Regio. Die Religionspolitik der bayerischen Herz ge Wilhelm IV. (1508-1550) und Ludwig X. (1514-1545) Manfred Heim Durch Eintracht wachsen kleine Dinge, Zwietracht l sst die gr ten zerfallen. Fensterstiftungen der Wittelsbacher w hrend der Regierungszeit Wilhelms IV. (1508-1550) Daniel Parello Princes and Prince-Bishops as Elite Patrons in Early 16th-Century Germany Larry Silver Von Augsburg nach M nchen. Kontextfragen zu Hans Burgkmairs. Geschichte der Esther Manuel Teget-Welz The Ducal Court and its Sphere of Influence / Der Herzogliche Hof und sein Einflussbereich Die bayerische Hofmusik und der Augsburger Reichstag im Jahr 1500 Moritz Kelber Spaces, Ceremonial, and Sounds of a Ducal Residenzstadt. Music and the Representation of Power in Albrecht IV's and Wilhelm IV's Munich Helen Coffey Besetzungs- und Auff hrungspraktiken der Kantorei Wilhelms IV.: mehr Fragen als Antworten? Bernhard Rainer Lucas Wagenrieder: Beyond the Hand Grantley McDonald Der Tegernseer Benediktiner Wolfgang Seidel und seine lateinische Ode auf Ludwig Senfl Johannes Klaus Kipf Elisabeth Klecker Sources / Quellen New Perspectives on Wolfenb ttel Guelf. A Aug. 2o: Contexts, Themes, Repertoires Bernadette Nelson For Presentation or for Use? The Munich Alamire Codices and the Early History of the Bavarian Court Chapel Thomas Schmidt Made to Measure or pr t chanter? The Court of Wilhelm IV and the Later Alamire Manuscripts Andrew Kirkman The Secular Repertoire / Das Weltliche Repertoire Der M nchner Liedkomponist Ludwig Senfl - Vorbild? Solit r? Au enseiter? Nicole Schwindt Informelle Musikpraxis am Hof Wilhelms IV. und Jacob as von Baden - eine Spurensuche Martin Kirnbauer Sonja Tr ster Kateryna Sch ning Olja Janju? Mass and Proper Settings / Messen und Proprienvertonungen Heinrich Isaacs Messens tze ber Cantus fractus-Melodien im Repertoire der M nchner Hofkapelle Bernhold Schmid From Vienna to Munich. Mass Propers for Sundays throughout the Year at the Bavarian Court under Ludwig Senfl Ruth I. DeFord Zur Auff hrung der Magnificat-Antiphonen in Senfls Umfeld Andreas Pfisterer Excursus / Exkurs ? ye in ein ander gestalt geordnet. Die Gottesmutter in der fr hen Wittenberger Reformation Stefan Michels Motets / Motetten Quasi una Fantasia: Texture as Compositional Determinant in Senfl's Ave Maria ?Virgo serena Fabrice Fitch Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria in Devout Prayer: On Ludwig Senfl's Quinque salutationes. Ave Domine, Jesu Christe Birgit Lodes Ludwig Daser und die Motette am M nchner Hof um 1550 Jonas Pfohl Index of Names Index of Compositions Index of Artworks Index of Manuscripts Index of Prints