Music and performance in the later Middle Ages
By: Elizabeth Randell Upton
Series: New Middle Ages series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9781137277701
Subjects: History and criticism; Music; Performance practice (Music); History
Description: Music and Performance in the Later Middle Ages seeks to understand the music of the later Middle Ages in a fuller perspective, moving beyond the traditional focus on the creative work of composers in isolation to consider the participation of performers, listeners, and scribes in music-making. By treating the musical manuscripts of the Chantilly Codex and the Oxford manuscript, Canonici misc. 213 not just as scores, but as artifacts of material culture, Elizabeth Randell Upton illustrates how it is possible to recover more evidence about the composition, performance, and consumption of music than has previously been realized [Publisher description]
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: History and evidence; title: The singer's voices; title: Polyphonic music in performance; title: The listener's experience; title: Reframing the sacred/secular divide.