Helen (Hrsg.) Deeming

Manuscripts and Medieval Song

ISBN: 978-1-316-23668-0
EAN: 9781316236680
Produktnummer: 19566554
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Seitenangabe: 0 S.
Plattform: PDF

Inscription, Performance, Context

Ebook (PDF Format)

The manuscript sources of medieval song rarely fit the description of 'songbook' easily. Instead, they are very often mixed compilations that place songs alongside other diverse contents, and the songs themselves may be inscribed as texts alone or as verbal and musical notation. This book looks afresh at these manuscripts through ten case studies, representing key sources in Latin, French, German, and English from across Europe during the Middle Ages. Each chapter is authored by a leading expert and treats a case study in detail, including a listing of the manuscript's overall contents, a summary of its treatment in scholarship, and up-to-dat… Mehr