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31 produkter
The Exultet in Southern Italy
Inbunden, 1997
4094 kr
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The Exultet rolls of southern Italy are parchment scrolls containing text and music for the blessing of the great Easter candle; they contain magnificent illustrations, often turned upside down with respect to the text so that they can be seen by observers. The Exultet in Southern Italy provides a …
Exultet in Southern Italy
E-bok, 1996
2640 kr
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The Exultet rolls of southern Italy are parchment scrolls containing text and music for the blessing of the great Easter candle; they contain magnificent illustrations, often turned upside down with respect to the text, The Exultet in Southern Italy provides a broad perspective on this phenomenon …
Melisma
Wordless Song in Medieval Chant
Inbunden, 2025
1270 kr
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In the written record of music in the West, there are many examples of long melodies sung to a single vowel with no other text; but in almost all cases that vowel is part of a syllable in a word, which in turn is part of a longer text; that text is interrupted--or prolonged--by the extension of its …
Melisma
Wordless Song in Medieval Chant
E-bok, 2025
1354 kr
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In the written record of music in the West, there are many examples of long melodies sung to a single vowel with no other text; but in almost all cases that vowel is part of a syllable in a word, which in turn is part of a longer text; that text is interrupted--or prolonged--by the extension of its …
Melisma
Wordless Song in Medieval Chant
E-bok, 2025
1314 kr
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In the written record of music in the West, there are many examples of long melodies sung to a single vowel with no other text; but in almost all cases that vowel is part of a syllable in a word, which in turn is part of a longer text; that text is interrupted--or prolonged--by the extension of its …
Early Music
A Very Short Introduction
Häftad, 2011
114 kr
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The music of the medieval, Renaissance, and baroque periods have been repeatedly discarded and rediscovered ever since they were new. An interest in music of the past has been characteristic of a part of the musical world since the early 19th century. The revival of Gregorian chant in the early …
Early Music
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2011
95 kr
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From Gregorian chant to Bach''s Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction , Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the …
Early Music
A Very Short Introduction
E-bok, 2011
95 kr
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From Gregorian chant to Bach''s Brandenburg Concerti, the music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods is both beautiful and intriguing, expanding our horizons as it nourishes our souls. In this Very Short Introduction , Thomas Forrest Kelly provides not only a compact overview of the …
First Nights
Five Musical Premieres
Häftad, 2001
290 kr
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Selected by New York Times Book Review as a Best Book Since 2000 “With its abundant portfolios of documents and sensitively chosen illustrations, this is the kind of book that has us crying, ‘Oh, that we were there!’”—Jonathan Keates, New York Times Book Review This lively book takes us back to the …
First Nights at the Opera
Häftad, 2006
310 kr
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A behind-the-scenes look at the premieres of five extraordinary operasWhat was it like at the opening night of Mozart’s Don Giovanni or Wagner’s Das Rheingold? This glittering introduction to the world of opera takes us behind the scenes during premiere performances of five extraordinary operas."A …
Role of the Scroll
An Illustrated Introduction to Scrolls in the Middle Ages
Inbunden, 2019
300 kr
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The Role of the Scroll answers the question of why scrolls were made when it was possible to produce books. Scrolls were the standard form of book in Western antiquity but from the fourth century onward, the codex began to outnumber scrolls. And yet, people in the Middle Ages continued to make …
Music Then and Now
2012
2040 kr
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Music Then and Now offers a vivid introduction to Western music by focusing on 28 works in-depth. Its “you are there” approach—demonstrated by each chapter’s rich historical and cultural context—engages students in the excitement of hearing the music as original audiences did when the music was …
The Beneventan Chant
Häftad, 2008
838 kr
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From the High Middle Ages the dominance of Gregorian chant has obscured the fact that musical practice in early medieval Europe was far richer than has hitherto been recognized. Despite its historical importance, the "Gregorian" is not the most consistent and probably not the oldest form of …
Plainsong in the Age of Polyphony
Häftad, 2009
636 kr
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From at least the eighth century and for about a thousand years the repertory of music known as Georgian chant, or plainsong, formed the largest body of written music AND was the most frequently performed and the most assiduously studied in Western civilisation. But plainsong did not follow rigid …
French Motets in the Thirteenth Century
Music, Poetry and Genre
Av Mark Everist, Iain Fenlon m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
821 kr
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This is the first full-length study of the vernacular motet in thirteenth-century France. The motet was the most prestigious type of music of that period, filling a gap between the music of the so-called Notre-Dame School and the Ars Nova of the early fourteenth century. This book takes the music …
Oral and Written Transmission in Chant
Inbunden, 2009
3022 kr
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The writing down of music is one of the triumphant technologies of the West. Without writing, the performance of music involves some combination of memory and improvisation. Isidore of Seville famously wrote that "unless sounds are remembered by man, they perish, for they cannot be written down". …
Century of Bach and Mozart
Perspectives on Historiography, Composition, Theory and Performance
Av Thomas Forrest Kelly, Sean Gallagher
Häftad, 2009
360 kr
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For many today Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stand as towering representatives of European music of the eighteenth century, composers whose works reflect intellectual, religious, and aesthetic trends of the period. Research on their compositions continues in many ways to shape …
Ambrosiana at Harvard
New Sources of Milanese Chant
Av Thomas Forrest Kelly, Matthew Mugmon
Häftad, 2010
308 kr
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This collection of ten essays constitutes the proceedings of a two-day conference held at Harvard in October 2007. The conference focused on three medieval manuscripts of Ambrosian chant owned by Houghton Library. The Ambrosian liturgy and its music, practiced in and around medieval Milan, were …
Sources of Beneventan Chant
E-bok, 2023
999 kr
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The area whose capital was the southern Lombard city of Benevento developed a culture identified with the characteristic form of writing known as the Beneventan script, which was used throughout the area and was brought to perfection at the abbey of Montecassino in the late eleventh century. This …
Sources of Beneventan Chant
E-bok, 2023
977 kr
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The area whose capital was the southern Lombard city of Benevento developed a culture identified with the characteristic form of writing known as the Beneventan script, which was used throughout the area and was brought to perfection at the abbey of Montecassino in the late eleventh century. This …
Cambridge History of Medieval Music: Volume 2
Av Mark Everist, Thomas Forrest Kelly
Häftad, 2025
448 kr
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Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything …
Cambridge History of Medieval Music
Av Mark Everist, Thomas Forrest Kelly
Inbunden, 2018
1300 kr
Kommande
Cambridge History of Medieval Music
Av Thomas Forrest Kelly, Mark Everist
E-bok, 2018
986 kr
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Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything …
Cambridge History of Medieval Music
Av Thomas Forrest Kelly, Mark Everist
E-bok, 2018
986 kr
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Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything …
Sources of Beneventan Chant
Häftad, 2019
847 kr
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The area whose capital was the southern Lombard city of Benevento developed a culture identified with the characteristic form of writing known as the Beneventan script, which was used throughout the area and was brought to perfection at the abbey of Montecassino in the late eleventh century. This …
Oral and Written Transmission in Chant
E-bok, 2023
3342 kr
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The writing down of music is one of the triumphant technologies of the West. Without writing, the performance of music involves some combination of memory and improvisation. Isidore of Seville famously wrote that unless sounds are remembered by man, they perish, for they cannot be written down. …
Practice of Medieval Music
Studies in Chant and Performance
Inbunden, 2010
2595 kr
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How music functioned in the middle ages, what it meant to its hearers, and how it was performed: these are the subjects of this fascinating volume. The studies collected here introduce the reader to the practical detail and complex intricacies of the performance of medieval music in the liturgy, …
Sources of Beneventan Chant
Inbunden, 2011
2796 kr
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The area whose capital was the southern Lombard city of Benevento developed a culture identified with the characteristic form of writing known as the Beneventan script, which was used throughout the area and was brought to perfection at the abbey of Montecassino in the late eleventh century. This …
Capturing Music
The Story of Notation
2014
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474 kr
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In today’s digital landscape, we have the luxury of experiencing music anytime, anywhere. But before this instant accessibility and dizzying array of formats—before CDs, the eight-track tape, the radio, and the turntable—there was only one recording technology: music notation. It allowed singers …
The Cambridge History of Medieval Music 2 Volume Hardback Set
Av Mark Everist, Thomas Forrest Kelly
2018
5059 kr
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Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything …
