Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, Volume 1

Timothy J. McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner

Indiana University Press, 1996 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 299 pages

Praise for the cloth edition:
"Commendable in its scholarship . . . should prove of interest to linguists, medievalists, and Renaissance academicians, as well as to fastidious performers of early music." —Choice

"Singing Early Music is a pioneering work of surpassing quality that cannot be too highly recommended." —Journal of Singing

"Addresses the needs of the performer directly, giving historical pronunciations for a range of languages [and] sample texts. . . . The CD that comes with the book will prove invaluable. . . . David Klausner's recording is admirably consistent and convincing across the wide range of languages." —Early Music

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Iberian Peninsula: 5
• English DAVID N KLAUSNER: 13
• SixteenthCentury Scots DAVID N KLAUSNER: 39
• AngloLatin A G RIGG: 46
• Old French ROBERT TAYLOR: 65
• French Latin HAROLD COPEMAN: 90
• Occitan ROBERT TAYLOR: 103
• Catalan BEATA FITZPATRICK: 121
• Spanish Castilian JAMES F BURKE: 144
• 1: 147
• Spanish Latin HAROLD COPEMAN: 160
• GalicianPortuguese JOSEPH T SNOW AND JAMES F BURKE: 168
• Portuguese Latin HAROLD COPEMAN: 181
• Italian GIANRENZO P CLIVIO: 187
• 6: 210
• Italian Latin HAROLD COPEMAN: 212
• Middle High German PETER FRENZEL: 219
• Late Medieval German and Early New High German: 243
• German Latin HAROLD COPEMAN AND VERA U G SCHERR: 258
• Flemish Dutch WILLIAM Z SHETTER: 271
• 22: 277
• Glossary: 289
• 42: 294

About the author

Timothy J. McGee is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Toronto, and author of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Performer's Guide and Medieval Instrumental Dances (IUP, 1989).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, Volume 1; Music Scholarship and Performance; Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, Timothy James McGee
• Editors: Timothy J. McGee, A. G. Rigg, David N. Klausner
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1996
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jun 22, 2011
• ISBN: 0253210267, 9780253210265
• Length: 299 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Music / Instruction & Study / Voice