ABSTRACT

Having already established many aspects which may be seen as curiously English, as well as a sliding scale of importance when it comes to determining provenance, Chapter 4 examines more problematic cases which mix aspects of continental and English style. Each of these cases are discussed and potential reasons for their apparent mixing of styles are suggested. The chapter seeks to show that a great many Mass cycles fall between the apparent norms of each area and that, for many of these, there are good reasons to link the works to expatriate communities, to specific moments of imitation of a work by another composer, or other moments of intensive cultural interaction.