Nota bene : reading classics and writing melodies in the early Middle Ages / Jan M. Ziolkowski.

Author
Ziolkowski, Jan M., 1956- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Turnhout : Brepols, ©2007.
Description
xv, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Series
    • Publications of the Journal of medieval Latin ; 7. [More in this series]
    • Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin ; 7
    Summary note
    "Nota Bene explores a little-known juxtaposition of verbal text and musical notation in the Middle Ages."--Jacket.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-338) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction. The scope and nature of the question ; Defining neumes ; The meaning of the classics
    • The recording and the use of neumes. Why musical notation was provided ; Reading and writing between the lines : the grammar of notation ; Putting a stop to it : punctuation
    • Reasons for the neuming of the classics. Metre and melody ; Accent and rhythm ; Rhetorical emphasis on pathos and speech
    • Inspirations and analogues. Text and song in Roman aniquity ; Sacred lament ; Vernacular song
    • The decline of the neumed classics
    • Appendix 1. Inventory of neumed classical texts
    • Appendix 2. Speeches among classical passages with neumation.
    ISBN
    • 9782503525341 ((paperback))
    • 2503525342 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2007298637
    OCLC
    127107549
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