John Taverner: His Life and Music
- Author: Benham, Hugh
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Contents
- Contents: Introduction
- The life of John Taverner
- The sources of Taverner's music
- Some performance issues
- Music and worship, with a catalogue of Taverner's work
- Taverner's musical background
- Taverner's style and technique: Gaude Plurimum
- Ave Dei Patris Filia and O Splendor Gloriae
- Mater Christi, O Christe Jesu Pastor Bone and the incomplete antiphons
- The masses Gloria Tibi Trinitas, Corona Spinea, and O Michael
- The masses for five and four voices
- Music for the Office
- The songs, and Quemadmodum
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Discography
- Index.