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 Union of Words and Music in Medieval Poetry
Title | The Union of Words and Music in Medieval Poetry PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Anne Baltzer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 176 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
In these essays, five noted scholars draw upon the insights of musicology, philology, linguistics, and metrics to illuminate central aspects of the relationship between poetry and music in the Middle Ages. Rebecca A. Baltzer adds notes on the accompanying musical tape made by the professional ensemble Sequentia, which significantly illustrates the topics under consideration, while offering the experience of listening to superb musical performances.
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 of the Middle Ages: Volume 2
Title | Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 2 PDF eBook |
Author | F. Alberto Gallo |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 1985-07-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521284837 |
A new and illuminating study of medieval polyphony.
Words and Music in Medieval Europe
Title | Words and Music in Medieval Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Nigel E. Wilkins |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9781409418191 |
This selection of nineteen essays by Nigel Wilkins, in English and in French, is characterised by an inter-disciplinary approach crossing the borders between music, language, literature, history, palaeography and iconography. The principal topic is lyric poetry in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mostly French and English, both with and without music, and in various contexts. Wider themes are also explored, such as the association of music with the Devil, the use of several languages combined in certain musical contexts, and the controversial role of inspiration in musical composition.
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.
Words and Music in Medieval Europe
Title | Words and Music in Medieval Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Nigel Wilkins |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2019-06-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781138382596 |
This selection of nineteen essays by Nigel Wilkins, in English and in French, is characterised by an inter-disciplinary approach crossing the borders between music, language, literature, history, palaeography and iconography. The principal topic is lyric poetry in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mostly French and English, both with and without music, and in various contexts. Guillaume de Machaut, the dominant poet-musician of the age, is the central figure: his influence is traced in poets such as Froissart, Deschamps, Christine de Pisan, Charles d'Orléans, Villon, Gower and Chaucer, and in the poet-musicians who came after him. The question of patronage is investigated. The development of the principal lyric forms, rondeau, ballade and virelai, is explored on both sides of the Channel, as is the way they were used, for example in miracle plays and in court entertainment. A Flemish painting of 1493 helps us discover the rà ́le of music in the ceremonies of trade and religious guilds; a memorial brass from King's Lynn reveals the importance of music in the ceremonial of feasts. Wider themes are also explored, such as the association of music with the Devil, the use of several languages combined in certain musical contexts, and the controversial role of inspiration in musical composition.