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- Preface/ List of Illustrations/ List of Tables/ List of Music Examples/ Archival References/ Music Manuscripts/ Introduction/ PART ONE: MUSIC AT FERRARA IN THE EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY
- 1 Ferrara and the Trecento Background/
- 2 Ferrara under Niccolò III d'Este (1393-1429), Music in the Earlier Years of Niccolò III (1400-29), Music at the Cathedral: Bartolomeo da Bologna (1405-27)/ THE PERIOD OF LEONELLO D'ESTE (1429-50)/
- 3 Ferrara in the 1430s, The Council of Ferrara (1438)
- 4 Feragut and Dufay
- 5 Leonello's Rule, 1441-50; the Court Chapel
- 6 Singers and Repertoires, The Manuscript Mod B
- 7 Secular Music, Groups of Secular Musicians, Court Dance under Leonello
- 8 Cathedral Music, Ugolino di Orvieto: Scholastic and Humanistic Views of Music, BORSO D'ESTE AND FERRARESE COURT CULTURE (1450-71),
- 9: Borso as Ruler, Borso as Patron of Art and Literature; Music in the Frescoes of the Palazzo Schifanoia
- 10 Pietrobono and the Improvisatory Tradition, Court Musicians under Borso
- 11 A Secular Manuscript of the Borso Period: the Porto MS and Rinaldo Maria d'Este/ PART TWO: MUSIC AT FERRARA UNDER ERCOLE I D'ESTE (1471-1505)
- 12 Ercole as Private and Public Figure
- 13 Recruitment of Musicians in the 1470s
- 14 Organization and Functions of the Court Musicians, The Cappella di Cantori, The Instrumentalists, Music in Daily Life
- 15 Size and Structure of Ercole's Cappella di Cantori, National Groups, Rank and Hierarchy in the Chapel
- 16 Some Representative Singers of Ercole's Chapel, Johannes Brebis, Magister Nicolò d'Olanda, Cornelio di Lorenzo of Antwer, Jachetto de Marvilla, Johannes Martini
- 17 Social and Economic Structure of the Musicians, Inducements to Singers, Salaries and Status 18 Benefices, Benefices and the Strategy of Recruitment: the Case of don Philippo de Primis 19 The Last Years of Ercole's Patronage (1497-1505), Josquin Desprez at Ferrara (1503-4), Jacob Obrecht (1504-5) PART THREE: FERRARESE MUSICAL REPERTOIRES AND STYLES IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
- 20 The Production of Music Manuscripts under Ercole I
- 21 The Principal Repertoires in Ercole's Earlier Years (1471-82)
- 22 Masses by Martini and Other Composers
- 23 Josquin's Missa 'Hercules Dux Ferrarie'
- 24 The Psalms, Hymns, and Other Vespers Music by Martini and Brebis
- 25 The Motet at Ferrara
- 26 Secular Music at the Court: Chanson and Instrumental Music, The Casanatense Chansonnier, Martini's Secular Music
- 27 Music for Court Festivities and Theater, Music for Public Festivals, Jousts, and Special Events, Music for the Intermedi of Secular Drama, Music for Religious Spectacles/ Epilogue/
- APPENDICES: I Sources II Documents III A Précis of Papal Letters to Duke Ercole I and Duke Alfonso I d'Este on Provisions for the Singers of the Ferrarese Court, 1487-1506 IV A Chronology of the Correspondence between Duke Ercole I d'Este and Ferrarese Ambassadors at Rome and elsewhere, on Benefices V A Chronological List of Musicians Active at Ferrara, 1377-1505/ Bibliography/ Index