Chromatic Beauty in the Late Medieval Chanson
An Interpretation of Manuscript Accidentals
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- Author: Thomas Brothers, Duke University, North Carolina
- Date Published: November 2006
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028882
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This book provides an in-depth study of the late medieval chanson, from Gace Brulé through Guillaume Du Fay. It is largely concerned with interpretation of the way accidentals function, not only at the level of local detail but also as part of the overall design. Thomas Brothers thus explores the way inflections are used by the composer as an expressive tool. The background problem to which this study responds is the conceptual difficulty we have in interpreting pitch syntax in this repertory. Support for this approach comes from reference to causa pulchritudinis ('by reason of beauty'), a justification for chromatic writing first encountered at the beginning of the fourteenth century. In advancing an interpretation of the musical side of the chanson, Thomas Brothers aims to bring standards closer to what has been achieved in study of sister disciplines of art and literature.
Read more- Provides a critical survey of late medieval songs
- Will be useful to performers of medieval (and Renaissance) music who are interested in performance practice
- Will be of interest to scholars in related disciplines of literature and art, especially in terms of aesthetics
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521028882
- length: 244 pages
- dimensions: 245 x 170 x 15 mm
- weight: 0.404kg
- contains: 3 tables 48 music examples
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction: Musica ficta, causa pulchritudinis
1. Trouvère manuscript O
2. Machaut's polyphonic songs
3. MSS Chantilly Musée Condé 564 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Canonici Misc. 213
4. Du Fay: mid-century developments
List of works cited
Index.
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