Words and Music in Medieval Europe

Informationen zum Autor Nigel Wilkins is Professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne! France Zusammenfassung Includes nineteen essays in English and in French, characterised by an interdisciplinary approach crossing the borders between music, language, literature, history, palaeography and iconography. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; Part I Old and Middle French Literature: Yet more concerning the tavern bills in Jean Bodel's Jeu de Saint Nicolas; The structure of ballades! rondeaux and virelais in Froissart and in Christine de Pisan; Charles d'Orléans: avec musique ou non?; François Villon! poète universel; En regardant vers le païs de France: the ballade and the rondeau! a cross-Channel history. Part II Lyric Poetry and Music in the 14th Century: The Codex Reina: a revised description; Some notes on Philipoctus de Caserta (c.1360?-c.1435); The post-Machaut generation of poet-musicians; Music in the 14th century Miracles de Nostre Dame; Guillaume de Machaut 1300-1377; The late medieval French lyric: with music and without; A pattern of patronage: Machaut! Froissart and the Houses of Luxembourg and Bohemia in the 14th century; Music and poetry at court: England and France in the late Middle Ages; Chaucer and music. Part III Musical Iconography: The birds! the bishop and the music of brass; Le fête de la guilde des Archers du Maître de Francfort (1493) et la musique des confréries. Part IV General Studies in Music! Language and Literature: The Devil's music; Le plurilinguisme au Moyen Age dans le contexte musical; D'où vient la créativité musicale? Le rôle de l'inspiration dans la musique médiévale; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Wilkins, Wilkins Nigel
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2010
• EAN: 9781409418191
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-1819-1
• No. of pages: 350
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Variorum Collected Studies; Variorum Collected Studies Series; Variorum Collected Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; The arts: general issues, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Renaissance style, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Medieval style, The arts: general topics