Music in medieval Europe / Jeremy Yudkin.
| Author/creator |
Yudkin, Jeremy author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | Second edition. |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] |
| Description | xxiii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps, music ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | The middle ages. Life in medieval Europe ; The medieval heritage ; The years 400-1000 ; The years 1000-1400 ; The role of music -- The theoretical tradition of antiquity. The ancient world ; Music in antiquity ; Boethius ; The seven liberal arts ; Augustine -- Chant and liturgy. The development of the Christian church ; Literature and language of the early church ; Development of the liturgy ; Charlemagne ; Music in the liturgy ; Plainchant. Text and music ; Shape and melodic style ; The melodic modes -- comments on notation and performance -- The mass. Structure of the mass ; The mass for pentecost. Fore-mass ; Eucharist -- The office. Monasticism in the middle ages ; Structure of the office ; Matins for the nativity. Introduction ; The nocturns ; Conclusion -- 900-1200: the Latin tradition. Chant after Charlemagne ; Tropes ; Prosulas ; Sequences ; Latin songs ; The rhymed office ; Latin drama -- The vernacular tradition: 1000-1300. Southern France ; Northern France ; Italy ; Iberia ; England ; Germany ; Vernacular drama ; Comments on notation and performance -- Early polyphony. Sources to the twelfth century ; Twelfth-century sources. Aquitainian polyphony ; Codex Calixtinus -- The new music of Paris. Paris: its university and cathedral ; Leoninus ; The musical style of the Magnus liber ; Conductus ; Perotinus and further development in the thirteenth century ; Clausulae ; Tripla and Quadrupla ; From clausula to motet ; The motet to 1275 ; Hocket ; The conductus-motet ; The motet enté ; The late thirteenth-century motet ; English motets ; Comments on notation and performance -- Instrumental music to 1300. Improvised music ; Instrumental performance of vocal pieces ; Dance music ; Instruments. Bowed instruments ; Plucked instruments ; Blown instruments ; Keyboard instruments ; Percussion -- The fourteenth century in France. The Roman de Fauvel ; The isorhythmic motet ; Guillaume de Machaut. The motets ; The mass ; The secular songs -- Liturgical polyphony. The tournai mass -- Comments on notation and performance -- The fourteenth century in Italy. The early ballata ; The madrigal ; The caccia. The canonic madrigal -- Francesco Landini ; Instrumental music ; Liturgical polyphony -- Perfect beauty. The Avignon style ; English music ; Johannes Ciconia. |
| Abstract | This book combines a cultural history of the Middle Ages and in-depth scholarship on the music and leading composers active during the period. It includes an integrated anthology of key works with approachable and enlightening explanations, making it easily accessible for both beginning and advanced students. Its chronological organization, broad scope, and detailed music analyses make Music in Medieval Europe an ideal introductory text. Visit the book's free, open-access Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/yudkin for recordings of key examples available through streaming audio and other materials to help students succeed. Features: Covers the major composers, musical styles, and works of the medieval period; an in-text anthology features all of the major works, eliminating the need for a separate purchase; a wide variety of source materials, all translated by Jeremy Yudkin, offers fresh interpretations of classic works; Illustrations of source manuscripts and artwork provide added context. New to this Edition: thoroughly updated to reflect new scholarship; musical examples have been updated to reflect the latest interpretations of the source materials; includes a wider variety of reproductions of source manuscript materials. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | "For this second edition I have thoroughly revised and updated the text, re-edited the musical examples, slightly reduced the amount of printed music, included a new selection of illustrations, and completely re-created the index."--page xi. |
| LCCN | 2016056110 |
| ISBN | 9780190206123 paperback |
| ISBN | 0190206128 |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML171 .Y8 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |