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Critical Companion to Medieval Motets

By Hartt, Jared C

Critical Companion to Medieval Motets Arts & Music

Critical Companion to Medieval Motets

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Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to medieval motets - aims to provide a comprehensive guide to them, from a number of different disciplines and perspectives. It addresses crucial matters such as how the motet developed; the rich interplay of musical, poetic, and intertextual modes of meaning specific to the genre; and the changing social and historical circumstances surrounding motets in medieval France, England, and Italy. It also seeks to question many traditional assumptions and received opinions in the area.The first part of the book considers core concepts in motet scholarship: issues of genre, relationships between the motet and other musico-poetic forms, tenor organization, isorhythm, notational development, social functions, and manuscript layout. This is followed by a series of individual case studies which look in detail at a variety of specific pieces, compositional techniques, collections, and subgenres.
JARED C. HARTT is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
Contributors: Margaret Bent, Jacques Boogaart, Catherine A. Bradley, Alice V. Clark, Suzannah Clark, Karen Desmond, Lawrence Earp, Sarah Fuller, John Haines, Jared C. Hartt, Elizabeth Eva Leach, Dolores Pesce, Gaël Saint-Cricq, Jennifer Saltzstein, Matthew P. Thomson, Stefan Udell, Anna Zayaruznaya, Emily Zazulia
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
422
Release Date:
2021-05-21
Publication Date:
2021-04-16
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1783276088
ISBN13:
9781783276080
Weight:
638 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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