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By Veronique Roelvink. s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands: Adr. Heinen, 2002. [376 p. ISBN 9070706555. 36.50 [euro].] Music examples, illustrations, bibliography, compact disc.
Although only a small part of the Renaissance music produced in the Low Countries has been preserved, the long tradition of scholarship on the subject ranges far beyond the borders of the Benelux and Northern France. Nonetheless, it has become fairly rare for an important monograph, such as Veronique Roelvink's Gegeven den Sangeren (Polyphonic Music in the Confraternity of Our Illustrious Lady in Sixteenth-Century 's-Hertogenbosch) to be published in a language other than English. To have published the book in Dutch will probably reduce the number of readers able to benefit from it, but this will not affect specialists, as I cannot imagine that scholars interested in this music would be unable to read Dutch. On the other hand, this is the kind of book that might also enjoy a nonmusicological or even non-historical readership, such as Dutch and Flemish readers who may not read English, as the author states in her Woord vooraf. I commend the author for making the difficult decision to present her work in a language not widely considered one of international scholarship. The only way to make Dutch more broadly accepted is indeed by offering such high-quality scholarship that it can no longer...
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