A performer's guide to medieval music / edited by Ross W. Duffin.

Other author Duffin, Ross W., editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxi, 599 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPerformer's guides to early music
Music--scholarship and performance
Music--scholarship and performance. ^A161426
Performer's guides to early music. ^A354007
Contents Part 1. Repertoire: Sacred music. Chant / William P. Mahrt ; Organum / Alejandro Enrique Planchart ; Motet & cantilena / Julie E. Cumming ; Polyphonic mass ordinary / Alejandro Enrique Planchart -- Non-liturgical monophony. Introduction / Elizabeth Aubrey ; Latin / Charles E. Brewer ; Occitan ; French / Elizabeth Aubrey ; Iberian / Manuel Pedro Ferreira ; Sephardic / Judith R. Cohen ; Italian / Blake Wilson ; German / Hubert Heinen ; English / Paul Hillier -- Lyric forms post 1300. French ars nova / Charles E. Brewer ; Italian ars nova / Alexander Blachly ; Ars subtilior / Lucy E. Cross ; Early Du Fay / Ross W. Duffin -- Drama. Liturgical / Timothy J. McGee ; Vernacular / David N. Klausner.
Contents Part 2. Voices & instruments: The voice in the Middle Ages. Poetics as technique / Barbara Thornton, interviewed by Lawrence Rosenwald -- Bowed strings. Vielle before 1300 / Margriet Tindemans ; Vielle after 1300 / Mary Springfels ; Rebec / Sterling Jones ; Symphonia / Robert Green -- Plucked strings. Harp / Herbert W. Myers ; Imagining the early medieval harp / Benjamin Bagby ; Playing the late medieval harp / Cheryl Ann Fulton ; Lute, gittern, & citole / Crawford Young -- Winds. Flutes / Herbert W. Myers ; Reeds & brass / Herbert W. Myers ; Bagpipe / Adam K. Gilbert -- Keyboard & related types. Organ / Kimberly Marshall ; String keyboards / Herbert W. Myers ; Psaltery & dulcimer / Herbert W. Myers -- Percussion. Percussion / Peter Maund -- Instrumental usage. Untexted repertoire / Timothy J. McGee ; Improvisation & accompaniment before 1300 / Margriet Tindemans ; Ornamentation & improvisation after 1300 / Ralf Mattes.
Contents Part 3. Theory & practice: Essential theory for performers. The gamut, solmization & modes / William P. Mahrt ; Musica ficta / Lucy E. Cross ; Proportion / Alexander Blachly ; Notation & editions / William P. Mahrt ; Tuning / Ross W. Duffin.
Abstract An essential compilation of essays on all aspects of medieval music performance, with 40 essays by experts on everything from repertoire, voices, and instruments to basic theory. This concise, readable guide has proven indispensable to performers and scholars of medieval music.
Local noteLittle-325127--305131044425W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 581-593), discography (pages 563-580), and index.
LCCN 00040968
ISBN0253337526 (cl : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML457 .P475 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold