Polyphony in Medieval Paris - The Art of Composing With Plainchant

Presents new methodologies to explore medieval processes of musical and poetic creation, from plainchant and vernacular French songs to organa, motets and clausulae. Engages with questions of text-music relationships, liturgy, and the development of notational technologies, exploring authorship, originality, practices of quotation and reworking.

List of contents

List of figures; List of tables; List of musical examples; Acknowledgements; Manuscript sigla; Abbreviations; A note on transcriptions and numbering systems; Introduction; 1. Plainchant in polyphony: the gradual Propter Veritatem in organa, clausulae and motets; 2. Mini clausulae and the Magnus Liber Organi; 3. Texting clausulae: repetition and regularity on the Regnat tenor; 4. Transcribing motets: vernacular refrain melodies in Magnus Liber clausulae; 5. Framing motets: quoting and crafting refrains against plainchant tenors; 6. Intertextuality, song and female voices in motets on a Saint Elizabeth of Hungary tenor; 7. From Florence to Fauvel: re-reading musical paradigms through a long-lived Iohanne motet; 8. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Catherine A. Bradley is Associate Professor at the Universitetet i Oslo. She has published widely on the earliest motets in journals including Speculum, the Journal of Musicology, Music Analysis, and Early Music History.

Summary

Presents new methodologies to explore medieval processes of musical and poetic creation, from plainchant and vernacular French songs to organa, motets and clausulae. Engages with questions of text-music relationships, liturgy, and the development of notational technologies, exploring authorship, originality, practices of quotation and reworking.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine A. Bradley, Catherine A. (Universitetet I Oslo) Bradley
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108407571
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40757-1
• No. of pages: 299
• Series: Music in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; History, HISTORY / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Printed Music / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical, CE period up to c 1500, Archaeology, Music reviews & criticism, Renaissance style, Music reviews and criticism, History and Archaeology, Musical scores, lyrics & libretti, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Art music, orchestral and formal music, Musical scores, lyrics and libretti, Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600), Medieval style, Western "classical" music