Music in the Middle Ages and the RenaissanceThis is a complete revision of the second edition, designed as a guide and resource in the study of music from the earliest times through the Renaissance period. The authors have completely revised and updated the bibliographies; in general they are limited to English language sources. In order to facilitate study of this period and to use materials efficiently, references to facsimiles, monumental editions, complete composers' works and specialized anthologies are given. The authors present this systematic organization in this volume in the hope that students, teachers, and performers may find in it a ready tool for developing a comprehensive understanding of the music of this period. |
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13th century Agnus Alleluia Antiphon bass Birthday Offering Book cadences canon cantus firmus chansons choir chordal Church Music Codex composers compositions conductus dance discant DTÖ Dufay Dunstable Early English estampie facsimile fantasias four voices French frottola German Gloria Gregorian Chant Guillaume de Machaut Gustave Reese hocket hymns imitation Instrumental Music isorhythmic Italian JAMS Jan LaRue Johannes John Josquin keyboard Kyrie Latin Lieder liturgical London lute Machaut madrigals Magnificats manuscript Mass meas Medieval Music melismatic melody Missa MMRF modes monophonic motets Musicology notation notes octave organ organum Palestrina pieces plainsong PMFC polyphonic Polyphonic Music Psalm Renaissance Music reprint rhythm rhythmic Rome sacred sections secular Sequence sixteenth century SMMA songs stanzas style sung superius tablature tenor three-voice tones Troubadours Trouvères University Press vihuela virelai vocal vols W. W. Norton York