A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music

A comprehensive and authoritative reference guide by leading performers in the field.
An essential compilation of essays on all aspects of medieval music performance, with 40 essays by experts on everything from repertoire, voices, and instruments to basic theory. This concise, readable guide has proven indispensable to performers and scholars of medieval music.

Contributors: Elizabeth Aubrey, Benjamin Bagby, Alexander Blachly, Charles E. Brewer, Judith R. Cohen, Lucy Cross, Julie Cumming, Ross W. Duffin, Pedro Manuel Ferreira, Cheryl Ann Fulton, Adam Gilbert, Robert Green, Hubert Heinen, Paul Hillier, Sterling Jones, David Klausner, William P. Mahrt, Kimberly Marshall, Ralf Mattes, Peter Maund, Timothy J. McGee, Herbert W. Myers, Alejandro Planchart, Lawrence Rosenwald, Mary Springfels, Margriet Tindemans, Barbara Thornton, Blake Wilson, and Crawford Young.

CONTENIDO

Preface, Ross W. Duffin

Part 1. Repertoire
I. Sacred Music
II. Non-Liturgical Monophony
III. Lyric Forms post 1300
IV. Drama

Part 2. Voices & Instruments
V. The Voice in the Middle Ages
VI. Bowed Strings
VII. Plucked Strings
VIII. Winds
IX. Keyboard & Related Types
X. Percussion
XI. Instrumental Usage

Part 3. Theory & Pactice
XII. Essential Theory for Performers

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Index