Studies in medieval & Renaissance music
Studies in medieval and renaissance music
The Norton Library ;
Norton library ;
Two fourteenth century motets on St. Edmund. The music of the old hall manuscript. The edition ; Cantus-firmus treatment ; Stylistic classification ; Isorhythmic compositions ; The date of the manuscript -- A postscript / The fountains fragment. Contents and notation of the manuscript ; Analysis of the music ; Holy-week music and carols at Meaux Abbey. The meaux abbey manuscript ; Holy-week music and other sacred compositions ; Carols and cantilenas ; Popular or folk music? -- The beginnings of choral polyphony. A polyphonic basse dance of the Renaissance. The basse dance melodies ; A polyphonic Spagna ; Basse dance and chanson literature -- Caput : a liturgico-musical study. The origins of the cyclic mass ; The source of the Caput melody ; Liturgical aspects of the antiphon Venit ad Petrum ; Melodic variants and structure of the Caput melisma ; The Caput melisma as mass tenor ; Stylistic analysis of the Caput masses ; Summary and postscript on other cantus firmi.
