Songs and Musicians in the Fifteenth Century

by David Fallows

Overview

The essays in this volume are concerned with song repertories and performance practice in 15th-century Europe. The first group of studies arises from the author's long-term fascination with the widely dispersed traces of English song and , in particular, with the most successful song by any English composer, O rosa bella. This leads to a set of enquiries into the distribution and international currents of the song repertory in Italy and Spain. The essays in the final section, taken together, represent an extended discussion of the problems of performance, both of voice and instrument, what they performed and how.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780860785613
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/29/1996
Series:	Variorum Collected Studies
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 8.81(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: English song repertories of the mid-fifteenth century; Robertus de Anglia and the Oporto song collection; Review of Julia Boffey: Manuscripts of English Courtly Love Lyrics in the later Middle Ages; Dunstable, Bedyngham and O rosa bella; The contenance angloise: English influence on continental composers of the fifteenth century; French as a courtly language in fifteenth-century Italy: the musical evidence; A glimpse of the lost years: Spanish polyphonic song, 1450-70; Polyphonic song in the Florence of Lorenzo’s youth, ossia: the provenance of the manuscript Berlin 78.C.28: Naples or Florence?; Prenez sur moy: Okeghem’s tonal pun; Texting in the chansonnier of Jean de Montchenu; Specific information on the ensembles for composed polyphony, 1400-1474; The performing ensembles in Josquin’s sacred music; 15th-century tablatures for plucked instruments: a summary, a revision and a suggestion; Embellishment and Urtext in the fifteenth-century song repertories; Additions and Corrections; Index of names and texts; Index of manuscripts.

Editorial Reviews

'Congratulations to Variorum...for including this in their series.' Early Music Review

From the Publisher

Covers composition and repertoire in England and mainland Europe, and performance throughout the continent. The specific topics include Robertus de Anglia and the Oporto song collection, the musical evidence for French being a courtly language in Italy, Spanish polyphonic song 1450-70, texting in the chansonnier of Jean de Montchenu, tablatures for plucked instruments, and embellishments and urtext. The 16 essays were first published in various journals between 1977 and 1994. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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