The Cambridge companion to medieval music / edited by Mark Everist.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description
xxxii, 477 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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    Series
    Cambridge companions to music [More in this series]
    Summary note
    From the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century, this Companion covers all the key aspects of medieval music. Divided into three main sections, the book first of all discusses repertory, styles and techniques--the key areas of traditional music histories; next taking a topographical view of the subject--from Italy, German-speaking lands, and the Iberian Peninsula; and concludes with chapters on such issues as liturgy, vernacular poetry and reception. Rather than presenting merely a chronological view of the history of medieval music, the volume instead focuses on technical and cultural aspects of the subject. Over nineteen informative chapters, fifteen world-leading scholars give a perspective on the music of the Middle Ages that will serve as a point of orientation for the informed listener and reader, and is a must-have guide for anyone with an interest in listening to and understanding medieval music [Publisher description].
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 417- 464) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction / Mark Everist
    • Repertory, styles and techniques. Plainsong / Susan Boynton ; Enriching the Gregorian heritage / Michael McGrade ; Early polyphony to circa 1200 / Sarah Fuller ; The thirteenth century / Mark Everist ; The fourteenth century / Elizabeth Eva Leach
    • Topography. England / Peter M. Lefferts ; Italy to 1300 ; The trecento / Marco Gozzi ; The Iberian peninsula / Nicolas Bell ; Music east of the Rhine / Robert Curry
    • Themes, topics and trajectories. Music and liturgy / Sam Barrett ; Vernacular poetry and music / Ardis Butterfield ; Latin poetry and music / Leofranc Holford-Stevens ; Compositional trajectories / Peter M. Lefferts ; Ecclesiastical foundations and secular institutions / Rebecca A. Baltzer ; Theory and notation / Dolores Pesce ; Music manuscripts / Emma Dillon ; The geography of medieval music / Christopher Page ; Reception / Lawrence Earp.
    ISBN
    • 9780521846196 ((hardback))
    • 0521846196 ((hardback))
    • 9780521608619 ((pbk.))
    • 0521608619 ((pbk.))
    • 9780511780424 ((online))
    • 0511780427
    LCCN
    2010019928
    OCLC
    614990227
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