Patterns in play : a model for text setting in the early French songs of Guillaume Dufay / Graeme M. Boone.

Author/creator Boone, Graeme M., 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1999.
Descriptionxi, 326 pages : illustrations, music, facsimiles ; 27 cm.
Subjects

SeriesAmerican Musicological Society monographs
American Musicological Society monographs. ^A414846
Contents Musical rhythm -- Poetic rhythm -- Rhythm in song -- Underlay and style -- Working with the underlay -- Working with the model -- Table 1. French Songs by Guillaume Dufay contained in Ox -- Table 2. Underlay in Dufay's early French songs.
Abstract The relationship between text and music is a central issue in fifteenth-century music studies. Decades of research and performance have failed to provide clear answers to the most basic questions, such as which notes go with which syllables and why. This book focuses on the early French songs of Guillaume Dufay and proposes a basis for determining some rules of common procedure for interpreting both underlay and style. The author examines questions of rhythm and declamation, considering mensuration, linguistic and poetic prosody, and prosody in song. The first three chapters comprise a set of discussions preliminary to close rhythmic analysis of Dufay's texted song melodies. Beginning with mensural rhythm and proceeding to poetics and the relationship between Dufay's poetic and musical rhythms and musical declamation, Boone examines the musical features of rhythm, melody, tonal organization, counterpoint, text setting, and text expression. Offering fresh insight into the issues he raises, Boone clarifies the relationship between underlay and style and provides a better understanding of the technical and aesthetic issues that Dufay and other composers faced in weaving their patterns of song.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-317) and index.
LCCN 98014767
ISBN0803212356 (cl)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML410.D83 B58 1999 ✔ Available Place Hold