| Contents |
Teaching composition -- Reading and writing music -- Composing without writing -- Erasable tablets -- Appendix: Selected documents concerning erasable tablets (Cartelle) -- Autograph composing manuscripts -- Sketches, drafts, fair copies -- Francesco Corteccia -- Cipriano de Rore -- Henricus Isaac -- Appendix: Isaac, Santissimae virginis votiva festa -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina -- Appendix: Excerpts from the correspondence between Palestrina, the Duke of Mantua, and Annibale Capello. |
| Abstract |
How did Renaissance composers write their music? In this revolutionary look at a subject that has fascinated scholars for years, musicologist Jessie Ann Owens offers new and striking evidence that contrary to accepted theory, sixteenth-century composers did not use scores to compose--even to write complex vocal polyphony. Her research demonstrates that instead of working in full score, Renaissance composers fashioned the music in parts, often working with brief segments, according to a linear conception. The importance of this discovery on editorial interpretation and on performance cannot be overstated. This book will change the way we analyze and understand early music. Clear, provocative, and painstakingly researched, this book makes essential reading for scholars of Renaissance music as well as those working in related fields such as sketch studies and music theory. |
| Local note | Little-313975--305131023173T |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333) and indexes. |
| LCCN | 95038533 |
| ISBN | 0195095774 |
