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German Secular Song-Books of the Mid-Seventeenth Century: an Examination of the Texts in Collections of Songs Published in the German-Language Area between 1624 and 1660.(Book Review)
Publication: The Modern Language Review
Publication Date: 01-JUL-04
Author: Carrdus, Anna
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German Secular Song-Books of the Mid-Seventeenth Century: An Examination of the Texts in Collections of Songs Published in the German-Language Area between 1624 and 1660. By ANTHONY J. HARPER. Aldershot: Ashgate. 2003. viii+345 pp. 47.50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 0-7546-0642-2 (hbk).
Seventeenth-century scholarship has tended to neglect secular songs in favour of sacred songs, so this study of secular songbooks by more than twenty-four poets is very welcome. It is the fruit of a lifetime's interest which Anthony Harper dates back to final-year undergraduate seminars with...
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