Gesualdo compared with, 738 , 739
librettos of, 337
Meistersinger art and, 137 , 141
nationalism and, 142
works of
Lohengrin, 138
Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die, 139 , 141 , 142
Tannhäuser, 137 , 138 , 139 , 141
Walcha, Helmut, 374
Wales, 392 , 394 , 410 , 438
Walther, Johann, 760 –61, 765
Christ lag in Todesbanden, 761 –62
Geystliches gesangk Buchelyn, 760 –61
Walther von der Vogelweide, 135 –36, 138 , 139
Ward, John, 746 –47, 749 –50, 751
Upon a Bank, 747 , 749 –50
Warwick, Earl of, 423
Watson, Thomas, 746
Wedding at Cana, The (Veronese), 741
Wedding of Ferdinand de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine (Salimbeni), 803
Weelkes, Thomas, 746 –47, 751
Weerbeke. See Gaspar van Weerbeke,
Weiss, Piero, 806
Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, 289
Wendt, Amadeus (Johann Gottlieb Wendt), 3 , 286
Wert, Giaches (Jacques) de, 733
Solo e pensoso, 733 , 734
Wessex dialect, 387
West, Martin L., 33 , 34
West-country style (England), 394 , 402 , 403
Western Christianity. See Roman Catholic Church,
Western Roman Empire. See Holy Roman Empire,
West Franks. See France
Whitsunday, 686 –87
Wilbye, John, 746 –47
“wild bird” songs, 359 –64
Wilder, Philip van, 676 –77
Pater noster, 676 –77