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Eight centuries of troubadours and trouvères : the changing identity of medieval music / John Haines.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haines, John (John Dickinson), author.
- Series:
- Musical performance and reception.
- Musical performance and reception
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Troubadour songs--History and criticism.
- Troubadour songs.
- Troubadours.
- Trouvères.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Eight Centuries of Troubadours & Trouvères
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This 2004 book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouvere music, a repertoire of songs which have successfully maintained public interest for eight centuries, from the medieval chansonniers to contemporary rap renditions. A study of their reception therefore serves to illustrate the development of the modern concept of 'medieval music'. Important stages include sixteenth-century antiquarianism, the Enlightenment synthesis of scholarly and popular traditions and the infusion of archaeology and philology in the nineteenth century, leading to more recent theories on medieval rhythm. More often than now, writers and performers have negotiated a compromise between historical research and a more imaginative approach to envisioning the music of troubadours and trouveres. This book points not so much to a resurrection of medieval music in modern times as to a continuous tradition of interpreting these songs over eight centuries.
- Contents:
- The first readers
- The changing song
- Enlightened readers
- The science of translation
- Recent readings
- Conclusions
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780511208577
- 051120857X
- 9781107147003
- 110714700X
- 9781280540349
- 1280540346
- 9780511213960
- 0511213964
- 9780511215759
- 0511215754
- 9780511210389
- 0511210388
- 9780511314803
- 0511314809
- 9780511481819
- 0511481810
- 9780511212154
- 0511212151
- OCLC:
- 173610075
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07666 hdl
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