Chromatic Beauty in the Late Medieval Chanson
Subtitle: An Interpretation of Manuscript Accidentals
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780521028882
Subjects: Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600); Vocal music; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Music/Songbooks; Music; Instruction & Study - Voice; Monophonic chansons--500-1400--History and cr; Monophonic chansons--500-1400--History and criticism; Music / General; Music / Voice; General
First sentence: This chapter is devoted mainly to the late thirteenth-century trouvere manuscript Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale MS fr. no. 846 (known by standard abbreviation as MS O and known also as the "Cange Chansonnier"), which is unusual for the large quantity of accidentals it contains.