Henry V And The Earliest English Carols 1413 1440

Author : David Fallows
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317049623

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Henry V and the Earliest English Carols: 1413–1440 by David Fallows Pdf

As a distinctive and attractive musical repertory, the hundred-odd English carols of the fifteenth century have always had a ready audience. But some of the key viewpoints about them date back to the late 1920s, when Richard L. Greene first defined the poetic form; and little has been published about them since the burst of activity around 1950, when a new manuscript was found and when John Stevens published his still definitive edition of all the music, both giving rise to substantial publications by major scholars in both music and literature. This book offers a new survey of the repertory with a firmer focus on the form and its history. Fresh examination of the manuscripts and of the styles of the music they contain leads to new proposals about their dates, origins and purposes. Placing them in the context of the massive growth of scholarly research on other fifteenth-century music over the past fifty years gives rise to several fresh angles on the music.

Author : Miss French
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367589958

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Henry V and the Earliest English Carols by Miss French Pdf

As a distinctive and attractive musical repertory, the 100-odd English carols of the fifteenth century have always had a ready audience. But the key viewpoints date to the late 1920s, when Richard L. Greene first defined the poetic form; and little has been published since 1950, when a new manuscript was found and John Stevens published his stil

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004517035

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Female-Voice Song and Women’s Musical Agency in the Middle Ages by Anonim Pdf

This collection presents fresh evidence and new perspectives on the diverse ways in which women created and interacted with cultures of song between c. 600 and c. 1500.

Author : Timothy Larsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192567123

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The Oxford Handbook of Christmas by Timothy Larsen Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of all aspects of Christmas across the globe, from the specifically religious to the purely cultural. The contributions are drawn from a distinguished group of international experts from across numerous disciplines, including literary scholars, theologians, historians, biblical scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, art historians, and legal experts. The volume provides authoritative treatments of a range of topics, from the origins of Christmas to the present; decorating trees to eating plum pudding; from the Bible to contemporary worship; from carols to cinema; from the Nativity Story to Santa Claus; from Bethlehem to Japan; from Catholics to Baptists; from secularism to consumerism. Christmas is the biggest celebration on the planet. Every year, a significant percentage of the world's population is draw to this holiday—from Cape Cod to Cape Town, from South America to South Korea, and on and on across the globe. The Christmas season takes up a significant part of the entire year. For many countries, the holiday is a major force in their national economy. Moreover, Christmas is not just a modern holiday, but has been an important feast for most Christians since the fourth century and a dominant event in many cultures and countries for over a millennium. The Oxford Handbook of Christmas provides an invaluable reference point for anyone interested in this global phenomenon.

Author : Cristina Maria Cervone
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780812298512

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What Kind of a Thing Is a Middle English Lyric? by Cristina Maria Cervone Pdf

What Kind of a Thing Is a Middle English Lyric? considers issues pertaining to a corpus of several hundred short poems written in Middle English between the twelfth and early fifteenth centuries. The chapters draw on perspectives from varied disciplines, including literary criticism, musicology, art history, and cognitive science. Since the early 1900s, the poems have been categorized as “lyrics,” the term now used for most kinds of short poetry, yet neither the difficulties nor the promise of this treatment have received enough attention. In one way, the book argues, considering these poems to be lyrics obscures much of what is interesting about them. Since the nineteenth century, lyrics have been thought of as subjective and best read without reference to cultural context, yet nonetheless they are taken to form a distinct literary tradition. Since Middle English short poems are often communal and usually spoken, sung, and/or danced, this lyric template is not a good fit. In another way, however, the very differences between these poems and the later ones on which current debates about the lyric still focus suggest they have much to offer those debates, and vice versa. As its title suggests, this book thus goes back to the basics, asking fundamental questions about what these poems are, how they function formally and culturally, how they are (and are not) related to other bodies of short poetry, and how they might illuminate and be illuminated by contemporary lyric scholarship. Eleven chapters by medievalists and two responses by modernists, all in careful conversation with one another, reflect on these questions and suggest very different answers. The editors’ introduction synthesizes these answers by suggesting that these poems can most usefully be read as a kind of “play,” in several senses of that word. The book ends with eight “new Middle English lyrics” by seven contemporary poets.

Author : Helen Deeming,Frieda van der Heijden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781009340830

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Medieval Polyphony and Song by Helen Deeming,Frieda van der Heijden Pdf

What characterises medieval polyphony and song? Who composed this music, sang it, and wrote it down? Where and when did the different genres originate, and under what circumstances were they created and performed? This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the rich variety of polyphonic practices and song traditions during the Middle Ages. It explores song from across Europe, in Latin and vernacular languages (precursors to modern Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish); and polyphony from early improvised organum to rhythmically and harmonically complex late medieval motets. Each chapter focuses on a particular geographical location, setting out the specific local contexts of the music created there. Guiding the reader through the musical techniques of melody, harmony, rhythm, and notation that distinguish the different genres of polyphony and song, the authors also consider the factors that make modern performances of this music sound so different from one another.

Author : Margaret Bent
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Motets
ISBN : 9780190063771

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The Motet in the Late Middle Ages by Margaret Bent Pdf

"The book ranges widely over French, English and Italian motets, mostly between the 1310s and the 1420s. About half the chapters are previously unpublished, the remainder revised to varying degrees from previous publications and now organised into Parts devoted to compositional techniques, Fauvel and Vitry, Machaut, the Musician motets, English motets, Italian motets, music for popes and courts. Transcriptions of entire motets complement the musical analyses, many downloadable from the companion website. Chapters vary in their technical demands, allowing readers to select as appropriate. The five Musician motets of Part IV (chs. 15-21) praise over sixty musicians and range over many decades, each playing off its predecessors with citation, allusion and modelling. Motets of this period are individual conceptions, virtuosic creations of multi-layered words and music as tightly constructed as Chinese puzzles. Many chapters are devoted to individual motets, drawing on a multitude of new analytic directions and giving close attention to the detailed fit and juxtapositions of words and music. Verbal texts borrow musical techniques of repetition and recapitulation, words which may then be underlined musically by melodic or rhythmic 'leitmotives'. Alliteration and onomatopoeia abound, and there is a wider range of ingenious word painting than has usually been recognised, including puns on number and structural joins. Segments of chant are often chosen for their musical characteristics (number, symmetries, cadencing opportunities, melodic qualities) as well as their textual suitability to the pre-compositional materia"--

Author : Ann Buckley,Lisa Colton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781108493222

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Music and Liturgy in Medieval Britain and Ireland by Ann Buckley,Lisa Colton Pdf

Reveals the rich liturgical ecology of medieval Britain and Ireland and the religious and lay communities who shaped it.

Author : Mary Channen Caldwell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781316517192

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Devotional Refrains in Medieval Latin Song by Mary Channen Caldwell Pdf

This book reveals the importance of sung refrains in the musical lives of religious communities in medieval Europe.

Author : Stanley Sadie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 976 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : UVA:X004956474

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: Scott to Sources, MS by Stanley Sadie Pdf

Author : John Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Carols
ISBN : LCCN:a54003389

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Mediaeval Carols by John Stevens Pdf

Musica britannica vol 4.

Author : Anna Maria Busse Berger,Jesse Rodin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 1108791883

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The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music by Anna Maria Busse Berger,Jesse Rodin Pdf

Through forty-five creative and concise essays by an international team of authors, this Cambridge History brings the fifteenth century to life for both specialists and general readers. Combining the best qualities of survey texts and scholarly literature, the book offers authoritative overviews of central composers, genres, and musical institutions as well as new and provocative reassessments of the work concept, the boundaries between improvisation and composition, the practice of listening, humanism, musical borrowing, and other topics. Multidisciplinary studies of music and architecture, feasting, poetry, politics, liturgy, and religious devotion rub shoulders with studies of compositional techniques, musical notation, music manuscripts, and reception history. Generously illustrated with figures and examples, this volume paints a vibrant picture of musical life in a period characterized by extraordinary innovation and artistic achievement.

Author : William H. Grattan Flood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 140992436X

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A History of Irish Music by William H. Grattan Flood Pdf

Chevalier William Henry Grattan Flood (1857-1928) was a renowned musicologist and historian. As a writer and ecclesiastical composer, his personal contributions to Irish musical form produced enduring works. As an historian his output was prolific on topics of local and national historical or biographical interest. Grattan Flood was given the title Chevalier by Pope Benedict XV in 1917. His works include: A History of Irish Music (1905), The Story of the Harp (1905) and The Story of the Bagpipe (1911).

Author : Margaret Bent
Publisher : London ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015007875936

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Dunstaple by Margaret Bent Pdf

This study examines in detail the work of this English composer of the fifteenth century, discussing problems of dating and attribution, together with the few known facts about his life and career.

Author : William David Davies
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521219299

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The Cambridge History of Judaism: Volume 2, The Hellenistic Age by William David Davies Pdf

Vol. 4 covers the late Roman period to the rise of Islam. Focuses especially on the growth and development of rabbinic Judaism and of the major classical rabbinic sources such as the Mishnah, Jerusalem Talmud, Babylonian Talmud and various Midrashic collections.