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Music of the Troubadours Hardcover Elizabeth Aubrey Item specificsCondition Good Seller Notes Pre-owned book in good condition. Please see the photos of the book to see its condition. Publication Name Indiana University Press ISBN 9780253332073 EAN 9780253332073 Book Title Music of the Troubadours Item Length 9.6in Publisher Indiana University Press Publication Year 1996 Format Hardcover Language English Item Height 1.1in Author Elizabeth Aubrey Genre Music, History Topic History & Criticism, Instruction & Study / Voice, Europe / Medieval Item Width 6.4in Item Weight 25.6 Oz Number of Pages 352 Pages About this productProduct InformationAfter an overview of the troubadours' social and political milieu, Aubrey provides brief biographies of the 42 troubadours whose music survives and a detailed description of the four manuscripts that transmit this music. The overlapping roles of composers, singers, and scribes -- and their traditions in genre, versification, and poetic style -- are examined. Traits of individual composers and a broad chronological development of the music emerge. Exploring performance-practice issues, Aubrey helps modern performers bring these songs to life again. Product IdentifiersPublisher Indiana University Press ISBN-10 0253332079 ISBN-13 9780253332073 Product ID (ePID) 659693 Product Key FeaturesBook Title Music of the Troubadours Format Hardcover Language English Topic History & Criticism, Instruction & Study / Voice, Europe / Medieval Publication Year 1996 Genre Music, History Number of Pages 352 Pages DimensionsItem Length 9.6in Item Height 1.1in Item Width 6.4in Item Weight 25.6 Oz Additional Product FeaturesLc Classification Number Ml182.A78 1996 Reviews This is the place to come to learn about the manuscripts, about the copying of text and music, about forms, rhetorical devices, compositional techniques and biographies. . . . a down-to-earth treatment of the discernible facts, ordered according to the types of evidence that survives. It is a book to sober up the discipline." --Times Literary Supplement "Specialists and general readers alike will be grateful to have this fine book . . ." -Choice "The book is the fruit of many years of research the information collected, sifted and made available to scholars will be very useful indeed." --The Medieval Review 1/2The Music of the Troubadours studies the 315 extant melodies of the troubadours of Occitania, whose poetry and music reflect the social and political milieu of the late medieval Mediterranean world. "[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 treasures from the medieval Midi." --Donna Mayer-Martin, Notes" Table of Content Music: Scholarship and Performance - Thomas A. Binkley, founding editor Paul Hillier, series editor Glossary Sigla and Abbreviations Introduction 1. Historical Background 2. Transmission 3. Poetics and Music 4. Genre 5. Form 6. Style 7. Performance Notes Bibliography General Index Song Index |