Eight Centuries of Troubadours and Trouveres - The Changing Identity of Medieval Music

Informationen zum Autor John Haines holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto, where he teaches at the faculty of Music and the Centre for Medieval Studies. His primary area of research is thirteenth-century monophony and its reception, and he has published related articles in Revue d'Histoire du Theatre, Early Music History and other journals. Klappentext This book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouvere music. Zusammenfassung This 2004 book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouvere music! a repertoire of songs which have successfully maintained public interest for eight centuries! from the medieval chansonniers to contemporary rap renditions. A study of their reception therefore serves to illustrate the development of the modern concept of 'medieval music'. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The first readers; 2. The changing song; 3. Enlightened readers; 4. The science of translation; 5. Recent readings; 6. Conclusions; 7. Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Haines
• Assisted by: John Butt (Editor), Laurence Dreyfus (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.2004
• EAN: 9780521826723
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82672-3
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Musical Performance and Recept
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory