| Series |
Prentice-Hall history of music series
Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410
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| Contents |
Musical and philosophical backgrounds. Jewish musical practices ; Early Christian alterations ; The place of music in philosophy ; The philosophy of Boethius -- Plainchant. Roman liturgy - the mass ; Roman liturgy - the hours ; Roman liturgy - other services ; Liturgical sources ; Musical characterisitics ; Notation ; Non-Roman rites -- Accretions to the liturgy. The hymn ; The sequence and trope ; The liturgical drama ; The conductus -- Secular monophony. Latin secular music ; Troubadours and trouveres ; Secular monophony in Italy ; Secular monophony in Spain and Portugal ; Secular monophony in England ; Minnesingers and Meistersingsers ; Instruments and instrumental music -- The beginnings of polyphony. Theoretical sources ; Practical sources-- The school of Notre Dame. The notation of rhythm ; Sources ; The work of Leonin ; The work of Perotin ; The motet ; Secular polyphony -- The French Ars Nova. Novelties of the Ars Nova: mensuration ; Novelties of the Ars Nova: isorhythm ; Novelties of the Ars Nova: masses and mass movements ; Novelties of the Ars Nova: secular forms ; Guillaume de Machaut -- The Italian Ars Nova. The forms ; Schools and composers ; Italian notation ; The passing of Medieval music. France at the close of the Ars Nova ; Italy at the close of the Ars Nova ; Nusic theory at the close of the Ars Nova. |
| Abstract |
An introduction to the music of the Middle Ages which bridges the gap between the labors of musicians on the practical side and the monuments of national organization erected by the thinkers of the age. The compositions, though important as reflections of musical taste of the period, can only be fully understood and enjoyed if all the reasons for the shape in which they exist, both technical and esthetic, are comprehended. This then is the author's hope for the reader of this book. |
| Local note | Little-076554 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographies and index. |
| LCCN | 65017795 |
