Music of the Middle Ages II (Volume 2)

Gallo, F. Alberto

ISBN 10: 0521230497 / ISBN 13: 9780521230490

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Music of the Middle Ages II (Volume 2)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521230497
• ISBN 13: 9780521230490
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

This new and illuminating study of medieval polyphony examines the links between music and contemporary political, civil and religious events. The period from the second half of the twelfth century to the second half of the fifteenth is of great historical interest since it marks the development of polyphonic forms and the birth of mensural music. There is also the earliest evidence of individual composers, from Léonin and Pérotin to Machaut, Landini and Dufay. Alberto Gallo pays particular attention to the elaboration of refined techniques of composing, often drawing a parallel with the techniques of rhetoric and poetry. The writing down of music and also theory are shown to be essential stages of composition. Professor Gallo also describes the birth of the professional composer and the flowering of those permanent institutions within which musicians worked and which for centuries characterized European music. Professor Gallo has taken the opportunity of this first English edition to update the text, and to add notes.

Book Description

Examines the links between music and contemporary political, civil and religious events from 1150 to 1450 which was a period of great historical interest because it marked the development of polyphonic forms and the birth of mensural music.