| Series |
Studies in dance ; v. 2
Studies in dance ; v. 2. ^A467697
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| Contents |
Part One. History. Introduction: brief comments on the istampittas and the role of Arabic culture in European history -- Medieval instrumental music: an overview of European late medieval music with an emphasis on the secular and the surviving sources -- Instrumental music in trecento Italy. Background: an examination of the historical and socio-political climate that preceded the trecento ; Musical: style, theory and notation ; French influences: the pervasive movement of the French style into Italy ; Middle Eastern influences: in literary and scholarly areas, as well as musical, with a particular emphasis on the musical Arabic connections found in northern Italy -- Part two. The music. The 'lo' manuscript: the physical work and its contents -- The 'lo' dances: the dances with emphasis on the istampittas are compared to contemporary European works -- The istampittas - an analysis. Structural comparison of French and Italian Estampies: formal outlines of both sets of music ; Trecento compositional norms ; Machaut: an analytical examination of a monophonic and a polyphonic work ; Landini: an analytical examination of a three-voice ballata ; Istampittas: a musical analysis -- The 'lo' istampittas as Arabic artifacts: Arabic musical traits, specifically ornamentation, are examined with an eye to the istampittas. |
| Abstract |
This work focuses on eight of the dances, the 'istampittas,' linked etymologically to the 'estampie,' a French dance, whose origins are here examined with an eye toward Italian and French music and civilization, as well as the music and society of the Arabs. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-144) and index. |
| LCCN | 2001018698 |
| ISBN | 0773474285 |
| ISBN | 077347742X (series) |
