Music in the Middle Ages
Title | Music in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Lord |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2008-09-30 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0313083681 |
Music both influences and reflects the times in which it was created. In the Middle Ages, the previous Dark Ages, the Crusades, and the feudal system all impacted the types and forms of music in the period. Charlemagne standardized the church mass and promoted the Gregorian chant, to the point of threatening excommunication if any other were performed. Musical notation — the staff line — was developed during the period. The troubadours of France, Meistersingers of Germany,the Cantus Firmus of Italy, and the instruments that played the music are all included in this thorough guide to music of the middle ages. Topics include: the British Isles, Dance Music, Eastern Europe, France, Germanic Lands, Harps, Italy, the Low Countries, Spain, and more.
Music of the Middle Ages
Title | Music of the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | David Fenwick Wilson |
Publisher | New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN |
Music of the Middle Ages provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of musical style and compositional technique from early plainchant to the flourishing of fourteenth-century polyphony.--From publisher description.
Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 1
Title | Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 1 PDF eBook |
Author | Giulio Cattin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 1984-12-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521284899 |
A unique history of the vast repertory of monophonic music of the Middle Ages.
Music in the Middle Ages
Title | Music in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | Gustave Reese |
Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Pages | 502 |
Release | 2000-12 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780393977134 |
Words and Music in the Middle Ages
Title | Words and Music in the Middle Ages PDF eBook |
Author | John Stevens |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 582 |
Release | 1986-10-16 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 9780521245074 |
This book examines the relation of words and music in England and France during the three centuries following the Norman Conquest. The basic material of the study includes the chansons of the troubadours and trouvères and the varied Latin songs of the period. In addition to these 'lyric' forms, the author discusses the relations of music and poetry in dance-song, in narrative and in the ecclesiastical drama. Professor Stevens examines the ready-made, often unconscious, and misleading assumptions we bring to the study and performance of early music. In particular he affirms the importance of Number, in more than one sense, as a clue to the 'aesthetic' of the greater part of repertoire, to the relation of words and melody. and to the baffling problem of their rhythmic interpretation. This is the first wide-ranging study of words and music in this period in any language. It will be essential reading for scholars of the music and the literature of medieval Europe and will provide a basic and comprehensive introduction to the repertoire for students.
The Cambridge History of Medieval Music
Title | The Cambridge History of Medieval Music PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Everist |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2018-08-09 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 1108577075 |
Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything from the earliest genres of chant, through the music of the liturgy, to the riches of the vernacular song of the trouvères and troubadours. Alongside this account of the core repertory of monophony, The Cambridge History of Medieval Music tells the story of the birth of polyphonic music, and studies the genres of organum, conductus, motet and polyphonic song. Key composers of the period are introduced, such as Leoninus, Perotinus, Adam de la Halle, Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut, and other chapters examine topics ranging from musical theory and performance to institutions, culture and collections.
Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Title | Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Forscher Weiss |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2010-07-16 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0253004551 |
What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? Contributors to this volume address these topics and other -- including gender, social status, and the role of the Church -- to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy, and shows how the act of learning was embedded in the broader context of the early Western art music tradition.