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Klappentext Perfect for students of this key topic, this Companion is a practical guide to the music of the Middle Ages. Zusammenfassung This Companion is a practical guide to monophonic and polyphonic music from the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century. Focusing on technical and cultural aspects of medieval music! its coherent perspective makes it ideal for all students and scholars of this key topic in music studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronology; Introduction Mark Everist; Part I. Repertory, Styles and Techniques: 1. Plainsong Susan Boynton; 2. Enriching the Gregorian heritage Michael McGrade; 3. Early polyphony to c.1200 Sarah Fuller; 4. The thirteenth century Mark Everist; 5. The fourteenth century Elizabeth Eva Leach; Part II. Topography: 6. England Peter Lefferts; 7. Italy to 1300 Marco Gozzi; 8. The trecento Marco Gozzi; 9. The Iberian Peninsula Nicolas Bell; 10. Music east of the Rhine Robert Curry; Part III. Themes, Topics and Trajectories: 11. Music and liturgy Sam Barrett; 12. Vernacular poetry and music Ardis Butterfield; 13. Latin poetry and music Leofranc Holford-Strevens; 14. Compositional trajectories Peter Lefferts; 15. Secular institutions and ecclesiastical foundations Rebecca Baltzer; 16. Theory and notation Dolores Pesce; 17. Music manuscripts Emma Dillon; 18. The geography of medieval music Christopher Page; 19. Reception Lawrence Earp; Bibliography.
