Tregian's Ground: The Life and Sometimes Secret Adventures of Francis Tregian, Gentleman and Musician
by Anne Cuneo
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The significance of the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book to our musical canon is well known; the remarkable story of its copyist and compiler, Francis Tregian, less so. Born into Cornish Catholic nobility and plumb into the choppy waters of the Elizabethan Age, he must rely on his surpassing skill as a musician to survive.In this Prix des Libraires (Booksellers Prize) winning novel, Anne Cuneo deftly recreates the musician's journey across Renaissance Europe, which sees him befriending Shakespeare, show more swapping partitions with William Byrd and Monteverdi, and playing in the court of Henri IV of France.The result is as gripping as it is authentic: an epic, transcontinental choreography in which Europe's monarchs tussle with pretenders to their thrones, and ordinary people steer between allegiances to God, nation and family.Complete with links to live performances and to recordings of selected musical sources in the Tregian's Ground Discography. show lessTags
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Romanzo storico molto avvincente. Si narra di Francis Tregian nobiluomo cattolico inglese, svantaggiato da un padre assolutamente privo di tatto, imprigionato quale esempio per gli altri cattolici. La vicenda tocca l'Inghilterra, i Paesi Bassi, la Francia e pure la Svizzera. L'autrice spiega alla fine quali libertà si è prese.
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- Canonical title
- Tregian's Ground: The Life and Sometimes Secret Adventures of Francis Tregian, Gentleman and Musician
- Original title
- Le trajet d'une rivière
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters*
- Francis Tregian
- First words*
- Sonderbarerweise habe ich gerade heute morgen an England gedacht.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Jene, die Ihre Mutter bleibt,
Madeleine Dallings - Original language
- French
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 843.914 — Literature & rhetoric French Literature French fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ2663 .U64 .T72 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures French literature Modern literature 1961-2000
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- Dutch, English, French, German
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- Paper, Ebook
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