Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 1

Music of the Middle Ages: Volume 1

Author: Giulio Cattin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984-12-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780521284899

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A unique history of the vast repertory of monophonic music of the Middle Ages.


Music of the Middle Ages

Music of the Middle Ages

Author: David Fenwick Wilson

Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books ; Toronto : Collier Macmillan Canada

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13:

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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:

Music of the Middle Ages:

Author: Giulio Cattin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984-12-06

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780521241618

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Uniquely among histories of mediaeval music, this book is specifically devoted to the vast repertory of monophonic music. Too often treated as a preamble to polyphony, this music forms the basis of Europe's musical tradition. (A companion volume by F. A. Gallo, forthcoming in English translation, covers polyphonic music of the Middle Ages.) Giulio Cattin outlines the birth and evolution of Christian chant in the early centuries of the Church and describes a number of partly independent Byzantine and Western chant traditions. Fr Cattin's own background in the Church gives a particular authority to his writing on liturgical music, and he presents the latest original research without being too technical. In addition to offshoots of the main liturgical tradition such as tropes, metrical offices and liturigical drama, Fr Cattin covers the birth of secular music, first in Latin monody, and then in a growing variety of music in vernacular languages - the Italian laude and the lyrics of the Provençal troubadours, the French trouvères and the German Minnesinger. Chapters on early instrumental music and on the philosopher's view of the ars musica complete the book.


Music in the Middle Ages

Music in the Middle Ages

Author: Suzanne Lord

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2008-09-30

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 0313083681

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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.


The Cambridge History of Medieval Music

The Cambridge History of Medieval Music

Author: Mark Everist

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-08-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1108577075

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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

Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Author: Susan Forscher Weiss

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2010-07-16

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0253004551

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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.


Music in the Medieval World

Music in the Medieval World

Author: Albert Seay

Publisher: Waveland PressInc

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9780881336351

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This book introduces the music of the Middle Ages while tracing the interrelations between the labors of musicians on the practical side & the monuments of rational organization erected by the thinkers of the age.