Music and Performance in the Book of Hours

This study uncovers the musical foundations and performance suggestions of books of hours, the prayer manuals that were the most popular and widespread books of the late Middle Ages.

List of contents

Introduction, Part 1: Music of the Offices, 1. Psalms, 2. Antiphons, 3. Hymns, 4. Responsories, 5. Dialogues, Part 2: Music beyond the Offices, 6. The Seven Penitential Psalms, 7. The Litany, 8. Suffrages, 9. Mass for the Virgin

About the author

Michael Alan Anderson is Associate Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. He specializes in European sacred music from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, with emphasis on lay devotion and saints.

Summary

This study uncovers the musical foundations and performance suggestions of books of hours, the prayer manuals that were the most popular and widespread books of the late Middle Ages.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Alan Anderson, Anderson Michael Alan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.01.2024
• EAN: 9780367691387
• ISBN: 978-0-367-69138-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Routledge Research in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Religious / Christian, MUSIC / Religious / General, Music reviews & criticism, Music reviews and criticism, Relating to Christian people and groups, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music