Music, Dance, and Society: Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Memory of Ingrid G. Brainard (Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures)

Buckley, Ann

ISBN 10: 1580441661 / ISBN 13: 9781580441667

Published by Medieval Institute Publications, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Music, Dance, and Society: Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Memory of Ingrid G. Brainard (Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures)
• Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580441661
• ISBN 13: 9781580441667
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Just as Brainard's interests and scholarship crossed several disciplines, the essays collected here acknowledge her range of influence and her inclusive spirit. Performative dance and dance history, social history, and musicological issues are all explored, touching on topics from the later Renaissance back through the Carolingian Empire. The interconnected themes are presented in three sections: first creating the repertory, by looking at the contexts of musical creation; then interpreting it, through the performance, meaning, and social identity of dances; and finally discussing potential reevaluations, based on the location of musical performances, aspects of transcription difficulties and compositional techniques, dance-historical scrutiny, and a comparison of a shared genre in music and dance.

About the Author

Ann Buckley is a musicologist and research associate at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. Cynthia J. Cyrus is a professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University.