Sound of Medieval Song - Ornamentation and Vocal Style According to the Treatises

Zusatztext Far too little work is being done on medieval performance practice and McGee is one of the few authors to have entered this arena (the gladiatorial image is chosen advisedly). McGee's work will be received with considerable interest. Informationen zum Autor Studied at Universities of Notre Dame, Yale, Connecticut, Pittsburgh; Founding Director of The Toronto Consort Klappentext This book studies how sacred and secular music was actually sung during the Middle Ages. The source of the information is the actual notation in the early manuscripts as well as statements found in approximately. 50 theoretical treatises written between the years 600-1500. Zusammenfassung This is a study of how sacred and secular music was actually sung during the Middle Ages. The source of the information is the actual notation in the early manuscripts as well as statements found in approximately 50 theoretical treatises written between the years 600-1500. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Vocal Style and Technique 2: Written Ornaments 3: Graces 4: Passaggi 5: Conclusions Appendix - Quotations from Theoretical Sources Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Timothy J McGee, Timothy J. McGee, Timothy J. (Professor of Music Mcgee, Randall A Rosenfeld
• Mitarbeit: Randall A Rosenfeld (Übersetzung), Randall A. Rosenfeld (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.10.1997
• EAN: 9780198166191
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816619-1
• Seiten: 216
• Mitarbeit: Randall A. Rosenfeld
• Serien: Oxford Monographs on Music; Oxford Monographs on Music
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Musik > Musikgeschichte