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Prentice-Hall history of music series
Prentice-Hall history of music series. ^A256410
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| Contents |
Musical and philosophical backgrounds. Jewish musical practices ; Early Christian alterations ; The place of music in philosophy ; The philosophy of Boethius -- Plainchant. Roman liturgy - the mass ; Roman liturgy - the hours ; Roman liturgy - other services; Liturgical sources ; Musical characteristics ; Notation ; Non-Roman rites -- Accretions to the liturgy. The hymn ; The sequence and trope ; The liturgical drama ; The conductus -- Secular monophony. Latin secular music ; Troubadours and trouveres ; Secular monophony in Italy ; Secular monophony in Spain and Portugal ; Secular monophony in England ; Minnesingers and meistersingers ; Instruments and instrumental music -- The beginnings of polyphony. Theoretical sources ; Practical sources -- The school of Notre Dame. The notation of rhythm ; Sources ; The work of Leonin ; The work of Perotin ; The motet ; Secular polyphony -- The French Ars Nova. Novelties of the Ars Nova: mensuration ; Novelties of the Ars Nova: isorhythm ; Novelties of the Ars Nova: mass movements and masses ; Novelties of the Ars Nova: secular forms ; Guillaume de Machaut -- The Italian Ars Nova. The forms ; Schools and composers ; Italian notation -- The passing of medieval music. France at the close of the Ars Nova ; Italy at the close of the Ars Nova ; Music theory at the close of the Ars Nova. |
| Local note | Little-100714 - $9.95 |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 74023185 |
| ISBN | 0136081339 : |
| ISBN | 0136081258 (pbk.) |
