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A performer's guide to medieval music / edited by Ross W. Duffin.

Other author/creatorDuffin, Ross W.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000.
Descriptionxi, 599 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Performer's guides to early music
Music--scholarship and performance. ^A161426
Contents Part 1. Repertoire: Sacred music. Chant / William P. Mahrt ; Organum / Alejandro Enrique Planchart ; Motet & cantilena / Julie E. Cumming ; Polyphonic mass ordinary / Alejandro Enrique Planchart -- Non-liturgical monophony. Introduction / Elizabeth Aubrey ; Latin / Charles E. Brewer ; Occitan ; French / Elizabeth Aubrey ; Iberian / Manuel Pedro Ferreira ; Sephardic / Judith R. Cohen ; Italian / Blake Wilson ; German / Hubert Heinen ; English / Paul Hillier -- Lyric forms post 1300. French ars nova / Charles E. Brewer ; Italian ars nova / Alexander Blachly ; Ars subtilior / Lucy E. Cross ; Early Du Fay / Ross W. Duffin -- Drama. Liturgical / Timothy J. McGee ; Vernacular / David N. Klausner.
Contents Part 2. Voices & instruments: The voice in the Middle Ages. Poetics as technique / Barbara Thornton, interviewed by Lawrence Rosenwald -- Bowed strings. Vielle before 1300 / Margriet Tindemans ; Vielle after 1300 / Mary Springfels ; Rebec / Sterling Jones ; Symphonia / Robert Green -- Plucked strings. Harp / Herbert W. Myers ; Imagining the early medieval harp / Benjamin Bagby ; Playing the late medieval harp / Cheryl Ann Fulton ; Lute, gittern, & citole / Crawford Young -- Winds. Flutes / Herbert W. Myers ; Reeds & brass / Herbert W. Myers ; Bagpipe / Adam K. Gilbert -- Keyboard & related types. Organ / Kimberly Marshall ; String keyboards / Herbert W. Myers ; Psaltery & dulcimer / Herbert W. Myers -- Percussion. Percussion / Peter Maund -- Instrumental usage. Untexted repertoire / Timothy J. McGee ; Improvisation & accompaniment before 1300 / Margriet Tindemans ; Ornamentation & improvisation after 1300 / Ralf Mattes.
Contents Part 3. Theory & practice: Essential theory for performers. The gamut, solmization & modes / William P. Mahrt ; Musica ficta / Lucy E. Cross ; Proportion / Alexander Blachly ; Notation & editions / William P. Mahrt ; Tuning / Ross W. Duffin.
Local noteLittle-325127--305131044425W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 581-593), discography (pages 563-580), and index.
LCCN 00040968
ISBN0253337526 (cl : alk. paper)

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