| Description |
xxv, 529 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Music in medieval Europe ; [v. 7]
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Music in medieval Europe.
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| Note |
Essays and articles reprinted from a variety of sources. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Classifications and lists of instruments -- Haut and bas : the grouping of musical instruments in the Middle Ages / Edmund A. Bowles -- German musicians and their instruments : a 14th century account by Konrad of Megenberg / Christopher Page -- Mains divers acors / Joscelyn Godwin -- Fifteenth-century instruments in Tinctoris's De inventionae et usu musicae / Anthony Baines -- Some English consort-groupings of the late Middle Ages / Richard Rastall -- -- pt. II. Keyboards -- On the origin of the keyboard mechanism in the late Middle Ages / Edmund A. Bowles -- Towards an identification of the chekker / Edwin M. Ripin -- The capture of the chekker / David Kinsela -- The Norrlanda organ and the Ghent altarpiece / Edwin M. Ripin -- -- pt. III. Plucked strings -- The trecento harp / Howard Mayer Brown -- 15th century tablatures for plucked instruments : a summary, a revision and a suggestion / David Fallows -- The 15th century lute : new and neglected sources / Christopher Page -- The medieval gittern and citole : a case of mistaken identity / Laurence Wright -- -- pt. IV. Bowed strings -- The trecento fiddle and its bridges / Howard Mayer Brown -- Rebec, fiddle and crowd in England / Mary Remnant -- Rebec, fiddle and crowd in England : some further observations / Mary Remnant -- An aspect of medieval fiddle construction / Christopher Page -- Vedel and geige, fiddle and viol : German string traditions in the 15th century / Keith Polk -- -- pt. V. Winds -- The Renaissance slide trumpet : fact or fiction? / Peter Downey -- Slide trumpet madness : fact or fiction? / Herbert W. Myers -- The trombone, the slide trumpet and the ensemble tradition of the early Renaissance / Keith Polk -- The trompette des menestrels in the 15th-century alta capella / Ross W. Duffin -- Misleading iconography : the case of the Adimari wedding cassone / Timothy J. McGee -- Backward bells and barrel bells : some notes on the early history of loud instruments / Ross W. Duffin -- -- pt. VI. Repertory -- On "instrumental style" in early melody / Lloyd Hibberd -- Instruments and the Faenza codex / Timothy J. McGee -- Musical instruments at the medieval banquet / Edmund A. Bowles -- Musical instruments in civic processions during the Middle Ages / Edmund A. Bowles. |
| Subject |
Musical instruments -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Musical instruments. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
| Added Author |
McGee, Timothy J. (Timothy James), 1936-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Instruments and their music in the Middle Ages. Farnham Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009 (OCoLC)639643603 |
| ISBN |
9780754627623 hardback |
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0754627624 hardback |
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9780754628002 set |
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