Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Music written by Mark Everist and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the emergence of plainsong to the end of the fourteenth century, this Companion covers all the key aspects of medieval music. Divided into three main sections, the book first of all discusses repertory, styles and techniques - the key areas of traditional music histories; next taking a topographical view of the subject - from Italy, German-speaking lands, and the Iberian Peninsula; and concludes with chapters on such issues as liturgy, vernacular poetry and reception. Rather than presenting merely a chronological view of the history of medieval music, the volume instead focuses on technical and cultural aspects of the subject. Over nineteen informative chapters, fifteen world-leading scholars give a perspective on the music of the Middle Ages that will serve as a point of orientation for the informed listener and reader, and is a must-have guide for anyone with an interest in listening to and understanding medieval music.
Download or read book Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music written by Tess Knighton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a lively new survey of music and culture in Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. Fifty essays comment on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period to offer fresh perspectives on musical styles, research sources, and performance practices of the medieval and Renaissance periods.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to the Musical written by William A. Everett and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded and updated edition of this acclaimed, wide-ranging survey of musical theatre in New York, London, and elsewhere.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Singing written by John Potter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from medieval music to Madonna and beyond, this book covers in detail the many aspects of the voice. The volume is divided into four broad areas. Popular Traditions begins with an overview of singing traditions in world music and continues with aspects of rock, rap and jazz. The Voice in the Theatre includes both opera singing from the beginnings to the present day and twentieth-century stage and screen entertainers. Choral Music and Song features a history of the art song, essential hints on singing in a larger choir, the English cathedral tradition and a history of the choral movement in the United States. The final substantial section on performance practices ranges from the voice in the Middle Ages and the interpretation of early singing treatises to contemporary vocal techniques, ensemble singing, the teaching of singing, children's choirs, and a comprehensive exposition of vocal acoustics.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100 1500 written by Larry Scanlon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-18 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging survey of the most important medieval authors and genres, designed for students of English.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Ravel written by Deborah Mawer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-24 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive introduction to the life, music and compositional aesthetic of Maurice Ravel.
Download or read book A Critical Companion to Medieval Motets written by Jared C. Hartt and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2018 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full comprehensive guide to one of the most important genres of music in the Middle Ages.
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Medieval Music written by Mark Everist and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything from the earliest genres of chant, through the music of the liturgy, to the riches of the vernacular song of the trouvères and troubadours. Alongside this account of the core repertory of monophony, The Cambridge History of Medieval Music tells the story of the birth of polyphonic music, and studies the genres of organum, conductus, motet and polyphonic song. Key composers of the period are introduced, such as Leoninus, Perotinus, Adam de la Halle, Philippe de Vitry and Guillaume de Machaut, and other chapters examine topics ranging from musical theory and performance to institutions, culture and collections.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to French Music written by Simon Trezise and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible Companion provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive introduction to French music from the early middle ages to the present.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Giotto written by Anne Derbes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen written by Jennifer Bain and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the extraordinary life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, medieval writer, composer, visionary, and monastic founder.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments written by Trevor Herbert and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-10-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion covers many diverse aspects of brass instruments and in such detail. It provides an overview of the history of brass instruments, and their technical and musical development. Although the greatest part of the volume is devoted to the western art music tradition, with chapters covering topics from the medieval to the contemporary periods, there are important contributions on the ancient world, non-western music, vernacular and popular traditions and the rise of jazz. Despite the breadth of its narrative, the book is rich in detail, with an extensive glossary and bibliography. The editors are two of the most respected names in the world of brass performance and scholarship, and the list of contributors includes the names of many of the world's most prestigious scholars and performers on brass instruments.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy written by James Hankins and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, published in 2007, provides an introduction to a complex period of change in the subject matter and practice of philosophy. The philosophy of the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries is often seen as transitional between the scholastic philosophy of the Middle Ages and modern philosophy, but the essays collected here, by a distinguished international team of contributors, call these assumptions into question, emphasizing both the continuity with scholastic philosophy and the role of Renaissance philosophy in the emergence of modernity. They explore the ways in which the science, religion and politics of the period reflect and are reflected in its philosophical life, and they emphasize the dynamism and pluralism of a period which saw both new perspectives and enduring contributions to the history of philosophy. This will be an invaluable guide for students of philosophy, intellectual historians, and all who are interested in Renaissance thought.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism written by Louise D'Arcens and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to medievalism offering a balance of accessibility and sophistication, with comprehensive overviews as well as detailed case studies.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Augustine written by David Vincent Meconi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of the Companion has been thoroughly revised and updated with eleven new chapters and a new bibliography.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism written by Jill Kraye and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fourteenth to the seventeenth century, humanism played a key role in European culture. Beginning as a movement based on the recovery, interpretation and imitation of ancient Greek and Roman texts and the archaeological study of the physical remains of antiquity, humanism turned into a dynamic cultural programme, influencing almost every facet of Renaissance intellectual life. The fourteen essays in this 1996 volume deal with all aspects of the movement, from language learning to the development of science, from the effect of humanism on biblical study to its influence on art, from its Italian origins to its manifestations in the literature of More, Sidney and Shakespeare. A detailed biographical index, and a guide to further reading, are provided. Overall, The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Humanism provides a comprehensive introduction to a major movement in the culture of early modern Europe.
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Aquinas written by Norman Kretzmann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-05-28 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the great philosophers of the Middle Ages Aquinas is unique in pursuing two apparently disparate projects. On the one hand he developed a philosophical understanding of Christian doctrine in a fully integrated system encompassing all natural and supernatural reality. On the other hand, he was convinced that Aristotle's philosophy afforded the best available philosophical component of such a system. In a relatively brief career Aquinas developed these projects in great detail and with an astonishing degree of success. In this volume ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas' thought, ranging from its historical background and dependence on Greek, Islamic, and Jewish philosophy and theology, through the metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, to the philosophical approach to Biblical commentary.
