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245 10 a| With voice and pen :b| coming to know medieval song and how it was made /c| Leo Treitler.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2007.;

300 a| xxx, 506 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm +e| 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.);

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-496) and index.;

505 00 t| Medieval improvisation --t| Written music and oral music : improvisation in medieval performance --t| The Vatican organum treatise and the organum of Notre Dame of Paris : perspectives on the development of a literate music culture in Europe --t| "Peripheral" and "central" --t| On the structure of the Alleluia melisma : a Western tendency in Western chant --t| Homer and Gregory : the transmission of epic poetry and plainchant --t| "Centonate" chant : Übles Flickwerk or e pluribus unus? --t| Lingering questions about "oral literature" --t| The politics of reception : tailoring the present as fulfilment of a desired past --t| Oral, written, and literate process in the music of the Middle Ages --t| Observations on the transmission of some Aquitanian tropes --t| History and ontology of the musical work --t| The early history of music writing in the West --t| Reading and singing : on the genesis of Occidental music writing --t| Speaking of Jesus --t| Medieval music and language --t| The marriage of poetry and music in medieval song.;

520 a| Fully revised and updated, Leo Treitler's seventeen classic essays trace the creation and spread of song (cantus), sacred and secular, through oral tradition and writing, in the European Middle Ages. The author examines songs in particular - their design, their qualities and character, theirexpressive meanings, and their adaptation to their communal and ritual roles - and explores the chances for, and the obstacles to, our understanding of traditions that were alive a thousand years ago. Ranging from c. 900 (when the written transmission of medieval songs began) to 1200, Treitler shows how the earlier, purely oral traditions can be examined only through the lens of what has been captured in writing, and focuses on the invention and uses of writing systems for representing these oraltraditions. Each of these seminally influential essays has been revised to take account of recent developments, and is prefaced with a new introduction to highlight the historical issues. The accompanying CD contains performances of much of the music discussed.;

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With voice and pen : coming to know medieval song and how it was made / Leo Treitler.

Author/creator	Treitler, Leo, 1931-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Description	xxx, 506 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Subjects	Vocal music--500-1400. --History and criticism. Music and literature--History. --To 1500. Oral tradition--Europe. --History. --To 1500.

Contents	Medieval improvisation -- Written music and oral music : improvisation in medieval performance -- The Vatican organum treatise and the organum of Notre Dame of Paris : perspectives on the development of a literate music culture in Europe -- "Peripheral" and "central" -- On the structure of the Alleluia melisma : a Western tendency in Western chant -- Homer and Gregory : the transmission of epic poetry and plainchant -- "Centonate" chant : Übles Flickwerk or e pluribus unus? -- Lingering questions about "oral literature" -- The politics of reception : tailoring the present as fulfilment of a desired past -- Oral, written, and literate process in the music of the Middle Ages -- Observations on the transmission of some Aquitanian tropes -- History and ontology of the musical work -- The early history of music writing in the West -- Reading and singing : on the genesis of Occidental music writing -- Speaking of Jesus -- Medieval music and language -- The marriage of poetry and music in medieval song.
Abstract	Fully revised and updated, Leo Treitler's seventeen classic essays trace the creation and spread of song (cantus), sacred and secular, through oral tradition and writing, in the European Middle Ages. The author examines songs in particular - their design, their qualities and character, theirexpressive meanings, and their adaptation to their communal and ritual roles - and explores the chances for, and the obstacles to, our understanding of traditions that were alive a thousand years ago. Ranging from c. 900 (when the written transmission of medieval songs began) to 1200, Treitler shows how the earlier, purely oral traditions can be examined only through the lens of what has been captured in writing, and focuses on the invention and uses of writing systems for representing these oraltraditions. Each of these seminally influential essays has been revised to take account of recent developments, and is prefaced with a new introduction to highlight the historical issues. The accompanying CD contains performances of much of the music discussed.
Local note	JOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY BOOK ACCOMPANIED BY SOUND RECORDING LOCATED AT CALL NUMBER : MusicLib CD-29660.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-496) and index.
LCCN	2007562903
ISBN	9780199214761 (pbk.)
ISBN	019921476X (pbk.)
ISBN	9780198166443
ISBN	0198166443

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