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Download or read book The Early Tudor Court and International Musical Relations written by Theodor Dumitrescu and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theodor Dumitrescu treats the matter of musical relations between England and continental Europe during the first decades of the Tudor reign (c.1485-1530), by exploring a variety of historical, social, biographical, repertorial and intellectual links. In the first major study devoted to this topic, a wealth of documentary references scattered in primary and secondary sources receives a long-awaited collation and investigation, revealing the central role of the first Tudor monarchs in internationalizing the royal musical establishment and setting an example of considerable import for more widespread English artistic developments.