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The Cambridge History of Fifteenth-Century Music

By Anna Maria Busse Berger , Jesse Rodin (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781107015241
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23228866 bytes)
Series
The Cambridge History of Music
Pages
918\918
Topic
History
Time added
2016-10-15 14:43:59

Description

Through forty-five creative and concise essays by an international team of authors, this Cambridge History brings the fifteenth century to life for both specialists and general readers. Combining the best qualities of survey texts and scholarly literature, the book offers authoritative overviews of central composers, genres, and musical institutions as well as new and provocative reassessments of the work concept, the boundaries between improvisation and composition, the practice of listening, humanism, musical borrowing, and other topics. Multidisciplinary studies of music and architecture, feasting, poetry, politics, liturgy, and religious devotion rub shoulders with studies of compositional techniques, musical notation, music manuscripts, and reception history. Generously illustrated with figures and examples, this volume paints a vibrant picture of musical life in a period characterized by extraordinary innovation and artistic achievement.

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