The early French parody noël / by Adrienne F. Block.

Author/creator Block, Adrienne Fried
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor, Mich. : UMI Research Press, ©1983.
Description2 volumes : music ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Carols--France. --History and criticism.

SeriesStudies in musicology ; no. 36
Studies in musicology ; no. 36. ^A163772
Contents v. 1. The background and precursors of the noël. The sacred and the profane ; A description of the noël ; The history and ritual of Christmas feasts ; Possible precursors of the noël -- Sergent's Les Grans noelz, the printer, the edition, the sources, and the reprints. Printers and books in the early sixteenth century ; The noël collections and their printers ; The St.-Denys-Sergent-Bonfons atelier ; Sources for noëls in Sergent's Les Grans noelz ; Manuscript sources for Sergent's Les Grans noelz ; Conclusions about dating Sergent's Les Grans noelz ; Reprints of the noëls in Sergent's Les Grans noelz ; Conclusion -- Noël texts and their models. The content of the noëls in Sergent's Les Grans noelz ; Timbres ; The timbres in Sergent ; Noëls without timbres ; The parody process ; Noëls as parodies of ritual chant texts ; Noël refrains ; Noëls as parodies of chansons ; Sources of textual models for noëls ; Formal characteristics of noëls and their models ; Literary aspects of chansons and their noël parodies -- The noël and the monophonic chanson. External evidence of noël performance ; Internal evidence of noël performance ; Music in the noël collections ; Chansons to match noël texts ; Chansons and the oral tradition ; Monophonic chansons that match noëls ; Text underlay in the monophonic chansons ; Characteristics of the monophonic chansons -- The noël and the polyphonic chanson. Polyphonic music in two noël collections ; Early sixteenth-century chansons ; Chansons with later sources ; Settings for Daniel's noëls ; Settings for Crestot's noëls -- The noël and religious life in France. Protestant chanson spirituelle collections ; Counter-reform themes in the noëls ; The noël and Marian worship ; The noël and the nativity play ; Noëls as insertions into the liturgy ; Afterword -- Appendix: An annotated catalogue of noël collections to 1600.
Contents v. 2. List of musical examples -- List of short titles -- Pierre Sergent, Les Grans Noelz: table of contents -- Introduction -- Pierre Sergent, Les Grans noelz: noëls 1-150 -- Index of timbres with noël incipits -- Index of noël incipits with timbres in parentheses.
General noteRevision of thesis (Ph.D.)--City University of New York, 1979.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (v. 1, pages 179-199) and indexes.
LCCN 83001175
ISBN0835711234 (set)
ISBN9780835711234 (set)
ISBN0835714373 (v. 1)
ISBN9780835714372 (v. 1)
ISBN0835714381 (v. 2)
ISBN9780835714389 (v. 2)

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