Music and Culture in the Middle Ages and Beyond: Liturgy, Sources, Symbolism
Benjamin Brand
It has become widely accepted among musicologists that medieval
music is most profi tably studied from interdisciplinary perspectives
that situate it within broad culture contexts. Th e origins of this
consensus lie in a decisive reorientation of the fi eld that began
approximately four decades ago. For much of the twentieth
century, research on medieval music had focused on the discovery
and evaluation of musical and theoretical sources. Th e 1970s and
1980s, by contrast, witnessed calls for broader methodologies
and more fully contextual approaches that in turn anticipated the
emergence of the so- called “New Musicology.” Th e fi ft een essays
in the present collection explore three interrelated areas of inquiry
that proved particularly signifi cant: the liturgy, sources (musical
and archival), and musical symbolism. In so doing, these essays not
only acknowledge past achievements but also illustrate how broad,
interdisciplinary approaches to these sources continue to stimulate
scholarly innovation.
music is most profi tably studied from interdisciplinary perspectives
that situate it within broad culture contexts. Th e origins of this
consensus lie in a decisive reorientation of the fi eld that began
approximately four decades ago. For much of the twentieth
century, research on medieval music had focused on the discovery
and evaluation of musical and theoretical sources. Th e 1970s and
1980s, by contrast, witnessed calls for broader methodologies
and more fully contextual approaches that in turn anticipated the
emergence of the so- called “New Musicology.” Th e fi ft een essays
in the present collection explore three interrelated areas of inquiry
that proved particularly signifi cant: the liturgy, sources (musical
and archival), and musical symbolism. In so doing, these essays not
only acknowledge past achievements but also illustrate how broad,
interdisciplinary approaches to these sources continue to stimulate
scholarly innovation.
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Année:
2016
Editeur::
Cambridge University Press
Langue:
english
ISBN 10:
1107158370
ISBN 13:
9781107158375
ISBN:
2016032795
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PDF, 4.52 MB
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english, 2016