Music Department Faculty
Michael Noone
Professor, Chair of the Music Department
Michael Noone
Ph.D.
Contact
Telephone: 617-552-0554
Email: michael.noone@bc.edu
Education
- B.A., University of Sydney
- M.A., University of Sydney
- Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Courses
MUSA1200 Introduction to Music
MUSA 3226 Masterworks of the Choral Literature
MUSA 2201 Music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
MUSA 4941 Senior Seminar
Research Interests
Early Modern sacred music, with an emphasis on Spain and Latin America
Office Hours
Tuesday & Thursday at 12:00 noon and by appointment
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Department
Biography
Michael Noone鈥檚 career as both music scholar and choral director has taken him to teaching, research, and performance posts at universities in five countries on four continents. He was educated at , Riverview, before going on to the and . He has served as Chair of Musicology at the and Chair of Music at the .
Michael has recorded 28 CDs for the and labels with such groups as the Orchestra of the Renaissance, the Sydney Chamber Choir, and the Song Company. In 2001 he founded, with singer Warren Trevelyan-Jones, the London-based for the specific purpose of performing the Spanish music that is the subject of his research. The Ensemble鈥檚 CDs have received high praise from critics (WGBH named one among the and another was awarded the Prelude Classical Award for 2008), and their performances at the most prestigious international festivals, especially in Europe and the UK, are consistently acclaimed. In 2011 the Ensemble released a boxed set of ten CDs of sacred music by the great Spanish Renaissance priest-composer in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the composer鈥檚 death. Victoria was educated at the German College in Rome where he later became a teacher. Victoria was the first of a long line of great composers whose association with the Society of Jesus was decisive for the history of Western Music. The Boston Globe named the Victoria CDs among the 鈥渟eason鈥檚 best new box sets鈥� for 2011 as did Britain鈥檚 Guardian newspaper. Similar accolades emerged from the San Francisco Chronicle and the Philadelphia Inquirer and the CDs won the 2012 Gramophone Awards.
Michael counts among his awards a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the , a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at , a research fellowship at the in Spain, a research fellowship at and a fellowship at Boston College鈥檚 Jesuit Institute. At the he received an Outstanding Young Researcher Award and in 2006 he was honored by for his contribution to Spanish music through publications, concerts and recordings. He is a member of Spain鈥檚
Scholarly articles by Michael Noone have been published in Early Music, Revista de Musicolog铆a, Anuario Musical, Memoria ecclesiae, Cuadernos abulenses, Reales Sitios, Scherzo, Musicology Australia, Goldberg, and Notes. Noone鈥檚 first book, , was hailed as 鈥渢railblazing鈥� and his (described as 鈥榮pectacular鈥� by Robert Stevenson) presented innovative codicological work that unveiled hitherto unknown works by Morales, Guerrero, Lobo and many other leading composers of Spain鈥檚 Golden Age.
Professor Noone鈥檚 research focuses on Early Modern sacred music, with a special emphasis on Spain and Latin America; he is passionate about the interrelationship of music scholarship and performance, and is deeply concerned with the complex issues raised when music of the past is performed in the present.
Publications and Research
Books
Diego de Bruce帽a (1567-1622): Libro de m煤sica religiosa (Salamanca: 1620). Ed. Michael Noone & Graeme Skinner. In preparation for Instituto Complutense de Ciencias Musicales (ICCMU), Madrid.
Sebasti谩n de Vivanco: Entre el coro, el aula y la imprenta. El maestro de capilla, el catedr谩tico y el compositor a trav茅s de la documentaci贸n. Michael Noone, Alfonso de Vicente & Ascensi贸n Mazuela. In preparation for Salamanca University Press.
(1607). Ed. Michael Noone & Graeme Skinner. Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance, 173. Middleton, Wisconsin: A-R Editions, 2020.
. Ed. Daniele Filippi & Michael Noone. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2017.
. Madrid: Editorial Alpuerto, 2003.
Rochester: Rochester University Press, 1998.
T. L. de Victoria, Missa pro defunctis (1583), Requiem Responsories (1592) and Officium Defunctorum (1605). Aberystwyth: Boethius Press, 1990.
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Journal articles, book chapters, etc.
鈥淓l catedratico, el inmigrante, y la mujer iletrada: la imprenta musical en la Salamanca de principios del siglo XVII鈥� in Congreso Internacional 鈥淪ebasti谩n de Vivanco y la m煤sica de su tiempo鈥�. Universidad de Salamanca. Colecci贸n: 鈥淢煤sica Viva鈥� de la Universidad de Salamanca. In press.
Cuadernos abulenses 51 (2023) 17-49.
Scherzo 391 (2023) 16-18.
in Tess Knighton & Jos茅 Mar铆a Dom铆nguez (eds.), El cardenal Cisneros y la m煤sica. Medievalia - Revista d鈥橢studis Medievals 25 (2022) 163-210.听
with Alfonso De Vicente, Paisajes Sonoros Hist贸ricos, 2022. ISSN: 2603-686X
with Alfonso De Vicente, Paisajes Sonoros Hist贸ricos, 2022. ISSN: 2603-686X.
with Alfonso De Vicente, Paisajes Sonoros Hist贸ricos, 2022. ISSN: 2603-686X.
with Alfonso De Vicente, Paisajes Sonoros Hist贸ricos, 2021. ISSN: 2603-686X.
with Alfonso De Vicente, Paisajes Sonoros Hist贸ricos, 2021. ISSN: 2603-686X.
鈥淭he Copying and Acquisition of Polyphony at Toledo Cathedral 1418-1542: The Evidence from Inventories and Payment Documents鈥� in Esperanza Rodr铆guez-Garc铆a & Jo茫o Pedro d鈥橝lvarenga (eds.), The Anatomy of Iberian Polyphony around 1500. (Kassel: Edition Reichenberger, 2021) 155-189.
with Alfonso De Vicente, Paisajes Sonoros 贬颈蝉迟贸谤颈肠辞蝉, 2021.
Anuario Musical 75 (2020) 21-58.
with Anna Kijas 鈥� Arti Musices 48 (2018) 311-322.
with Graeme Skinner 鈥淟iturgia y polifon铆a; globalizaci贸n y localismo en la catedral de Toledo durante los a帽os del Greco鈥�, El entorno musical del Greco. Madrid, Editorial Musicalis, 2015, 189-202.
with Graeme Skinner 鈥�Multum in parvo: a 1555 Morales processional partbook at Toledo Cathedral 鈥� its genesis, use, and later history鈥� in Iberian Early Music Studies: New perspectives on early music in Spain. Ed. Tess Knighton & Emilio Ros-F谩bregas. Kassel, Edition Reichenberger, 2015, 88-107.
with Graeme Skinner, 鈥淭he cathedral, the copyist, the composer and the canon: revisiting Toledo Cathedral鈥檚 Victoria Choirbook and the Liber primus (1576)鈥� in Javier Su谩rez-Pajares & Manuel del Sol (eds.), Estudios. Tom谩s Luis de Victoria. Studies (Madrid: ICCMU, 2013) 37-54.
鈥淔uentes de la polifon铆a de Tom谩s Luis de Victoria en la catedral de Toledo en el siglo XVI鈥�, Alfonso de Vicente (ed.) Tom谩s Luis de Victoria y la cultura musical en la Espa帽a de Felipe III (Boadilla del Monte: Centro de Estudios Europa Hisp谩nica, 2012) 353-376.
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鈥淎 sixteenth-century manuscript choirbook of polyphony for Vespers at Toledo Cathedral by Andr茅s de Torrentes (c. 1510-1580)鈥� in Pure Gold: Golden Age Sacred Music in the Iberian World鈥擜 Homage to Bruno Turner. Ed. Tess Knighton & Bernadette Nelson. Edition Reichenberger, Kassel, 2011 3-26.
鈥淐rist贸bal de Morales (ca. 1500-1553)鈥� Revista Fundaci贸n Juan March 390 (2010) 2-7.
鈥淭om谩s Luis de Victoria en Madrid,鈥� 础耻诲颈辞肠濒谩蝉颈肠补 154 (2010) 82-87.
鈥淟a m煤sica medieval y renacentista鈥� in Ram贸n Gonz谩lvez Ruiz, La Catedral Primada de Toledo鈥攄iechiocho siglos de historia (Zamudio, 2010) 332-341.
with Graeme Skinner, 鈥淭oledo Cathedral鈥檚 Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks Tole51茶馆 18, Tole51茶馆 25, and Tole51茶馆 34 and their Origins鈥� in Jo茫o Pedro d鈥橝lvarenga & Manuel Pedro Ferreira (eds.), 鈥楴ew Music鈥� 1400-1600 (Lisbon, 2009) 129-170.
鈥淎n early seventeenth-century source for performing practices at Toledo Cathedral鈥�, in Gioia Filocamo & M. Jennifer Bloxam (eds.), 鈥�Uno gentile et subtile ingenio鈥�: Studies in Renaissance Music in Honour of Bonnie Blackburn (Brepols: Turnhout, 2009). Ed. Philippe Vendrix. 155-168.
鈥淭owards an aural image of Spanish Golden Age polyphony鈥� Tijdschrift Oude Muziek 3 (2008) 12-16.
with Graeme Skinner & 脕ngel Fern谩ndez Collado, 鈥淓l Fondo de Cantorales de Canto Llano de la Catedral de Toledo鈥擨nforme y cat谩logo provisional鈥�, Memoria ecclesiae 31 (2008) 585-631.
with Graeme Skinner, 鈥淭oledo Cathedral鈥檚 collection of manuscript plainsong choirbooks: a preliminary report and checklist鈥� NOTES, Quarterly Journal of the MLA 63 (2006) 289-328.
with Graeme Skinner, 鈥淭he nuevo rezado, music scribes, and the restoration of Morales鈥檚 Toledo lamentation鈥�, in Rees & Nelson, Crist贸bal de Morales. (Boydell Press: 2007) 3-20.
鈥淭oledo Cathedral鈥檚 lost 鈥榤agnifique livre des messes鈥� recovered, and 鈥榥ew鈥� works by Boluda, Palomares and Navarro鈥�, Early Music 34 (2006) 561-586.
鈥淟uis Venegas de Henestrosa鈥檚 intabulation of Morales鈥檚 Sacris solemniis and its recently-discovered vocal source鈥�, in Cinco siglos de m煤sica de tecla espa帽ola Ed. Luisa Morales (Almer铆a: LEAL, 2007) 11-26.
鈥淧rinted polyphony acquired by Toledo Cathedral, 1545-1669鈥� in Tess Knighton and Iain Fenlon (eds.), Early Music Printing and Publishing in the Iberian World (Edition Reichenberger, Kassel: 2006), 241-74.
鈥淔ernando de las Infantas and the art of the motet鈥� Goldberg 38 (2006) 40-47.
鈥淧rocessions to the 鈥楥ity of the Dead鈥�: the Spanish Royal Chapel and an anonymous Requiem from El Escorial鈥�, in The Royal Chapel in the Time of the Habsburgs. (Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 2005) Ed. by Juan Jos茅 Carreras, Bernardo Garc铆a Garc铆a, & Tess Knighton.
鈥淢usic at the Court of the Catholic Kings鈥� Goldberg 26 (2004) 54-59.
鈥淔elipe II y la m煤sica en El Escorial鈥� in Pol铆ticas y practicas musicales en el mundo de Felipe II. Estudios sobre la m煤sica en Espa帽a (Madrid: ICCMU, 2004) 41-46. Ed. by John Griffiths & Javier S煤arez-Pajares.
鈥淢辞谤补濒别蝉鈥� Goldberg 24 (2003) 35-41.
鈥淐rist贸bal de Morales in Toledo 1545-6: Tole51茶馆 25 and 鈥渘ew鈥� works by Morales, Guerrero, Lobo, Tejeda, and Ambiela鈥�, Early Music, XXX (2002) 341-363.
鈥淰颈惫补苍肠辞鈥� Goldberg 16 (2001) 27-39.
鈥淧rocesiones a la 鈥渃iudad de los muertos鈥�. La Capilla Real y un r茅quiem an贸nimo de El Escorial鈥�, in J. J. Carreras & B. Garc铆a, La Capilla Real de los Austrias (Madrid, 2001) 207-34.
鈥淐rist贸bal de Morales en Toledo鈥�, Scherzo 147 (2000) 124-5.
鈥淎 manuscript case study鈥� Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music (OUP, 1998) 239-246.
鈥淧hilip II and musical patronage at the Escorial鈥�, Leading Notes, XV (Spring 1998) 9-13.
鈥淧hilip II and music: a fourth centenary re-assessment鈥�, Revista de Musicolog铆a XXI (1998) 431-51.
鈥淐laudio Coello鈥檚 鈥楽agrada Forma鈥� and music for the ceremonial relocations of a sacred relic at El Escorial in 1684 and 1690鈥�, Musicology Australia XXI (1998) 16-27.
鈥淟os ministriles de la catedral de Toledo en la segunda mitad del s. XVI鈥� Actas del I Encuentro T贸mas Luis de Victoria (Avila, 1997) 125-133.
鈥淢anuscript polyphonic choirbooks from El Escorial: physical descriptions and inventories,鈥� Revista de Musicolog铆a, 17 (1994) 237-333.
鈥淎 census of monk musicians at the Escorial during the reigns of Philip II and Philip III (1563-1621)鈥� Early Music, XX (1994) 221-36.
鈥淟ibros de coro de El Escorial en la Sociedad Hisp谩nica de America,鈥� Reales Sitios, No. 118 (1993) 41-5.
鈥淔elipe II, Mart铆n de Villanueva y el estilo desornamentado musical de El Escorial鈥� in La m煤sica en el Monasterio del Escorial: Actas del Simposium (Madrid, 1993) 427-85.
鈥淟a compilaci贸n del c贸dice polif贸nico toledano, Tole51茶馆 16鈥� Revista de Musicolog铆a, 16 (1993) 2741-9.
鈥淭he politics of austerity and musical style in Philip II鈥檚 Escorial鈥� (University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 1991).
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Digital Humanities Scholarship
Diego Bruce帽a and sacred music printed by Susana Mu帽oz 鈥� webpage, content and design. Currently in development.
鈥� webpage, content and design (2017)
鈥� webpage, content and design (2016)
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Recordings by Michael Noone
鉁� 50 Classical Yoga Tracks (Michael Noone conducting T. L. de Victoria), A51茶馆 Classic FM 4822178 (2015)
鉁� S. de Vivanco鈥�Missa In manus tuas, Orchestra of the Renaissance (Glossa) GCD 921405 (2014 re-release)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Sacred Works Ensemble Plus Ultra. Boxed set of ten CDs (DGG Archiv CD, 2011)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Motets and hymns for the liturgical year Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2011)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Missa Salve and motets Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2011)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Compilation released as part of DGG 50th anniversary boxed set
鉁� Atalanta fugiens: M煤sica, alquimia y rosacrucianismo a principios del XVII (Glossa, GCD P31407, 2011)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Missa O quam gloriosum y motetes Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2010)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Missa Ave Regina and motets Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2010)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Missa Alma redemptoris Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2010)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Liturgia de Pascua ca. 1600 Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2010)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Missa de Beata Virgine (versi贸n toledana) Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2009)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Misas y Magnificat del manuscrito toledano Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv CD, 2009)
鉁� William Byrd, Gradualia 1607, Ensemble Plus Ultra (Musica Omnia 0302, 2008)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Missa pro Victoria and Missa pro defunctis a 4 Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv, 2008)
鉁� T. L. de Victoria, Lamentations of Jeremiah from Cap. Sis. MS 186 Ensemble Plus Ultra (DGG Archiv, 2008)
鉁� Michael Maier鈥檚 Atalanta fugiens (1618), Ensemble Plus Ultra (Glossa, 2007)
鉁� Gioseffo Zarlino, Canticum canticorum (1549). Ensemble Plus Ultra (Glossa) GCD 921406 (2007)
鉁� F. Guerrero, Missa Super flumina Babylonis, Ensemble Plus Ultra (Glossa) GCD 922005 (2007)
鉁� F. Guerrero (1528-1599), Missa Surge propera. Sydney Chamber Choir A51茶馆 Classics, 2006.
鉁� Entornos musicales: Col贸n (+1506) Glossa GCD 06002 (2006) Three tracks conducted by Michael Noone
鉁� Morales en Toledo, works by Morales, Ensemble Plus Ultra (Glossa) GCD 922001 (2005)
鉁� Fernando de las Infantas, Motetes, Ensemble Plus Ultra (Documentos Sonoros) DS-0140 (2004)
鉁� Sebasti谩n de Vivanco鈥�Missa In manus tuas, Orchestra of the Renaissance (Glossa) GCD 921405 (2002)
鉁� Spanish Battle Music in the Age of Discovery鈥攖丑别 Song Company A51茶馆 Classics 461 731-2 (2001)
鉁� Assumption Mass at Toledo Cathedral, ca. 1580, Orchestra of the Renaissance (Glossa) GCD 921404 (2001)
鉁� Canticum Canticorum, Orchestra of the Renaissance (Glossa) GCD 921403 (2000, reissued in 2008)
鉁� F. Guerrero (+1599): Requiem, Orchestra of the Renaissance (Glossa, 1999, reissued in 2013)
Honors, Grants, Awards and Prizes
2014听听听听 Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient铆ficos, Barcelona
2012听听听听 Boston College Arts Council Faculty Award
2012听听听听 Gramophone Award for Early Music (Ten CD set of Victoria recordings for DGG Archiv)
2006听听听听 Elected to Real Academia de Bellas Artes y Ciencias Hist贸ricas de Toledo
2006听听听听 Awarded Medal of Royal Toledo Foundation by His Majesty King Juan Carlos I
1999听听听听 Outstanding Young Researcher Award, University of Hong Kong
1993听听听听 Telluride House Faculty Guest Fellowship, Cornell University
1990听听听听 Winner of XIII Concurso Anual de Investigaci贸n Musical y de Estudios Musicol贸gicos (The Spanish Musicological Society鈥檚 highest award for research into Spanish music)