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1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Music in a culture of the mind -- What did this medieval "forest" contain? -- Music within the context of medieval education -- Silva -- They all read the same books -- Musica disciplina -- Music at the forefront of science -- Editions. |
| Summary |
Music was crucial to the learning process itself in the Middle Ages-and beyond. One learned basic concepts by doing them, and learned them well because music was "delicious" to the taste-a medieval insight that should be reclaimed |
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Nancy van Deusen's The Cultural Context of Medieval Music addresses the mental landscape surrounding music that, especially, was sung and experienced in .the Middle Ages. Largely anonymous in its composition, and apparently lacking the motivation of fame and commerce, music within a well-thought-out system of education served a purpose that goes far beyond casual entertainment or personal professional advancement. Offering experience through performance, music exemplified the basic principles not only of the material and possible measurements of the visible world-such as of objects, relationships, and movement-but also of the invisible materials of sound and time, making it an ideal medium for working with unseen substances such as concepts, imaginations, and ideas. St. Augustine in the late fourth century reinforced the importance of music for the process of learning when he wrote that nothing could be truly understood without music. This book shows how this, in fact, is the case-a message of great relevance today. --Book Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
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Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
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Europe. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1492 |
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MUSIC -- History & Criticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Print version: Van Deusen, Nancy (Nancy Elizabeth). Cultural context of medieval music. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2011 9780275994129 (DLC) 2011030649 (OCoLC)743214171 |
| ISBN |
9781573569965 (electronic book) |
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1573569968 (electronic book) |
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9780275994129 |
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0275994120 |
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