Book Description
Based upon newly uncovered archival evidence, this book establishes urban musical traditions of over twenty cities in late medieval France.
Author : Gretchen Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,96 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 1107010616
Based upon newly uncovered archival evidence, this book establishes urban musical traditions of over twenty cities in late medieval France.
Author : Gretchen Peters
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 113957678X
Drawing upon hundreds of newly uncovered archival records, Gretchen Peters reconstructs the music of everyday life in over twenty cities in late medieval France. Through the comparative study of these cities' political and musical histories, the book establishes that the degree to which a city achieved civic authority and independence determined the nature and use of music within the urban setting. The world of urban minstrels beyond civic patronage is explored through the use of diverse records; their livelihood depended upon seeking out and securing a variety of engagements from confraternities to bathhouses. Minstrels engaged in complex professional relationships on a broad level, as with guilds and minstrel schools, and on an individual level, as with partnerships and apprenticeships. The study investigates how minstrels fared economically and socially, recognizing the diversity within this body of musicians in the Middle Ages from itinerant outcasts to wealthy and respected town musicians.
Author : John Caldwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0429575262
Originally published in 1978, Medieval Music explores the fascinating development of medieval western music from its often obscure origins in the Jewish synagogue and early Church, to the mid-fifteenth century. The book is intended as a straightforward survey of medieval music and emphases the technical aspects such as form, style and notation. It is illustrated by nearly one hundred musical examples, the majority of which have been transcribed from original sources and many of which contains chapters on Latin chant and other forms of sacred monophony, secular song, early polyphony, the ars antiqua, French and Italian fourteenth-century music, English music, and fifteenth-century music. Each chapter is followed by a classified bibliography divided into musical sources, literary sources and modern studies; in addition to a comprehensive bibliography.
Author : Fiona Kisby
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,87 MB
Release : 2001-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521661713
Examines musical culture in the towns and cities of Renaissance Europe and the New World.
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Page : 534 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Architecture
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Author : David C. Price
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 1981-02-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521228069
The author examines the secular music of the late Renaissance period primarily through families of varying importance.
Author : Susan Rankin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1108381782
Musical notation has not always existed: in the West, musical traditions have often depended on transmission from mouth to ear, and ear to mouth. Although the Ancient Greeks had a form of musical notation, it was not passed on to the medieval Latin West. This comprehensive study investigates the breadth of use of musical notation in Carolingian Europe, including many examples previously unknown in studies of notation, to deliver a crucial foundational model for the understanding of later Western notations. An overview of the study of neumatic notations from the French monastic scholar Dom Jean Mabillon (1632–1707) up to the present day precedes an examination of the function and potential of writing in support of a musical practice which continued to depend on trained memory. Later chapters examine passages of notation to reveal those ways in which scripts were shaped by contemporary rationalizations of musical sound. Finally, the new scripts are situated in the cultural and social contexts in which they emerged.
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Page : 606 pages
File Size : 23,25 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Music
ISBN :
Author : Victor Coelho
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Art
ISBN : 1107145805
This is the first in-depth study in any language exploring the vast cultural range of instrumental music during the Renaissance.
Author : Norman Pounds
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2005-04-30
Category : History
ISBN :
An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty. Beginning with a look at the Roman Empire's urban legacy, the author delves into urban planning or lack thereof; the urban way of life; the church in the city; city government; urban crafts and urban trade, health, wealth, and welfare; and the city in history. Annotated primary documents like Domesday Book, sketches of street life, and descriptions of fairs and markets bring the period to life, and extended biographical sketches of towns, regions, and city-dwellers provide readers with valuable detail. In addition, 26 maps and illustrations, an annotated bibliography, glossary, and index round out the work. After a long decline in urban life following the fall of the Roman Empire, towns became centers of trade and of liberty during the medieval period. Here, the author describes how, as Europe stabilized after centuries of strife, commerce and the commercial class grew, and urban areas became an important source of revenue into royal coffers. Towns enjoyed various levels of autonomy, and always provided goods and services unavailable in rural areas. Hazards abounded in towns, though. Disease, fire, crime and other hazards raised mortality rates in urban environs. Designed as an introduction to life of towns and cities in the medieval period, eminent historian Norman Pounds brings to life the many pleasures, rewards, and dangers city-dwellers sought and avoided. Beginning with a look at the Roman Empire's urban legacy, Pounds delves into Urban Planning or lack thereof; The Urban Way of Life; The Church in the City; City Government; Urban Crafts and Urban Trade, Health, Wealth, and Welfare; and The City in History. Annotated primary documents like Domesday Book, sketches of street life, and descriptions of fairs and markets bring the period to life, and extended biographical sketches of towns, regions, and city-dwellers provide readers with valuable detail. In addition, 26 maps and illustrations, an annotated bibliography, glossary, and index round out the work.