Polyphony in Medieval Paris: The Art of Composing with Plainchant (Music in Context) - Hardcover

Bradley, Catherine A.

 
9781108418584: Polyphony in Medieval Paris: The Art of Composing with Plainchant (Music in Context)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1108418589 ISBN 13: 9781108418584
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Polyphony associated with the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame marks a historical turning point in medieval music. Yet a lack of analytical or theoretical systems has discouraged close study of twelfth- and thirteenth-century musical objects, despite the fact that such creations represent the beginnings of musical composition as we know it. Is musical analysis possible for such medieval repertoires? Catherine A. Bradley demonstrates that it is, presenting new methodologies to illuminate processes of musical and poetic creation, from monophonic plainchant and vernacular French songs, to polyphonic organa, clausulae, and motets in both Latin and French. This book engages with questions of text-music relationships, liturgy, and the development of notational technologies, exploring concepts of authorship and originality as well as practices of quotation and musical reworking.

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About the Author

Catherine A. Bradley is Associate Professor at the Universitetet i Oslo. She has published widely on the earliest motets in journals including Speculum, the Journal of Musicology, Music Analysis, and Early Music History.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108418589
ISBN 13 
9781108418584
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
298

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