Title: Theology and music at the early university :
Authors: Van Deusen, Nancy
Date: 1995
Publisher: E.J. Brill,
Physical description: xvi, 223 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: M
Contents: I. Thirteenth-Century Motion Theories and Their Musical Applications: Robert Grosseteste and Anonymous IV -- II. Ubi Lex? Robert Grosseteste's Discussion of Law, Letter, and Time and its Musical Exemplification -- III. Ductus, Tractus, Conductus: The Intellectual Context of a Musical Genre -- IV. Change in a Concept of "Mode" -- V. Grosseteste's Concept of Figura and its Application to Music Notation -- VI. Operatio: Towards a Theory of Performance in Thirteenth-Century Intellectual Culture -- VII. Composite Harmony: An Aspect of the Conceptual Background to the Problem -- VIII. A Theory of Composition and its Influence -- IX. Opus: A Conception of the Musical Work -- X. Firmamentum and Motet: A Theological Basis for a Musical Genre -- XI. Planus, cantus planus: The Theological Background of a Significant Concept -- XII. The Musical Exemplification of Quadrivial Pursuits: The Intellectual Relationship between Robert Grosseteste and "Anonymous IV" -- XIII. Conclusions.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): De mensuris et discantu.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253--Knowledge and learning.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253--Knowledge--Music.; Music in universities and colleges--England--History--500-1400.; Music in universities and colleges--England--History.; Music--500-1400--History and criticism.; Songs and music.