Voices and instruments of the Middle Ages : instrumental practice and songs in France, 1100-1300 / Christopher Page.

Author/creator Page, Christopher
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, 1987.
Descriptionxi, 316 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Songs and instruments. Epic and romance ; The twelfth century in the south ; The thirteenth century in the north ; Late traditions in the south ; Paris ; The carole ; The monophonic conductus ; The Roman de Horn and the lai -- Performance practice. Open-string instruments: tunings and techniques ; Conclusions : voices and instruments -- Selective typology of musical references in French narrative fiction to 1300 -- Literary references relating to the involvement of stringed instruments in French and Occitan monody -- String-materials in the middle ages.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 276-307) and index.
LCCN 86016072
ISBN0520059328 (alk. paper) :

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