| The Music of the Troubadours Contributor(s): Aubrey, Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253213894 ISBN-13: 9780253213891 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 Annotation: The Music of the Troubadours is the first comprehensive critical study of the 315 extant melodies of the troubadours of Occitania in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It begins with an overview of the social and political milieu of the late medieval Mediterranean world, along with brief biographies of the 42 troubadours whose music survives. Elizabeth Aubrey then describes in detail the four manuscripts that transmit this music, and her analysis of scribal procedures shows the overlapping roles of composers, singers, and scribes. Music and poetry complemented each other. Aubrey examines the medieval poetic traditions within which the troubadours composed, including discussions of genre, versification, and poetic style. Through an in-depth analysis of the forms and styles of the melodies, she identifies musical traits of certain composers and offers a broad view of the chronological development of the music. She also discusses issues of performance practice, such as rhythm, the use of instruments, chromatic inflections, and ornamentation, to aid today's musicians in recreating these timeless and beautiful songs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Instruction & Study - Voice - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 782.430 |
| LCCN: 96010358 |
| Series: Music: Scholarship and Performance (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.13" W x 9.23" (1.14 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: [I]nvaluable for musicologists and troubadour scholars interested in knowing about the 'whole song', and it also provides an excellent introduction to troubadour music for the historian, philologist or, indeed, anyone with a passing interest. --David Cashman, Parergon It is a down-to-earth treatment of the discernible facts, ordered according to the type of evidence that survives. It is a book to sober up the discipline. --Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, Times Literary Supplement [A] welcome guide for the growing number of performers wishing to recreate these magical treaures from the medieval Midi. --Donna Mayer-Martin, Notes The Music of the Troubadours is the first comprehensive critical study of the 315 extant melodies of the troubadours of Occitania. It begins with an overview of their social and political milieu in the 12th and 13th centuries, then provides brief biographies of the 42 troubadours whose music survives. The four manuscripts that transmit this music are described in detail, with attention to their genesis in the overlapping roles of composers, singers, and scribes. |