Description |
xiv, 333 pages : illustrations (some color), music ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Studies in medieval and renaissance music,
1479-9294 ;
16
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Studies in medieval and Renaissance music ; 16.
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Note |
Derived from an international conference titled Monpellier 8, held 20-21 March, 2014, at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, England. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 299-311) and indexes. |
Contents |
Introduction / Catherine A. Bradley and Karen Desmond -- Montpellier 8 : anatomy of ... / Mark Everist -- A palaeographical analysis of the verbal text in Montpellier 8 / Sean Curran -- Style and iconography of Montpellier folio 35or / Alison Stones -- Decoration of Montpellier 8 : its place in the continuum of Parisian manuscript illumination / Rebecca A. Baltzer -- Double motet layouts in the Montpellier codex and contemporaneous Libri motetorum / Oliver Huck -- Deus in adiutorium revisited / Eva M. Maschke -- Thematic clusters and compilational strategies in Montpellier 8 / Anna Kathryn Grau -- Texture, rhythm, and stylistic groupings in Montpellier 8 motets / Karen Desmond -- Je le temoin en mon chant : the art of diminution in the Petronian triplum / David Maw -- How rhythmically innovative is Montpellier 8? / Mary E. Wolinski -- Re-presentation in the Ars antiqua : from chant to polyphony / Solomon Guhl-Miller -- ...Que ne dit 'cief bien seans' : quoting motets in Montpellier 8 / Anne Ibos-Augé -- Montpellier 8 PORTARE motets and tonal exploration / Dolores Pesce -- Repetitions, rhythmical evolution, and rhetoric in the Montpellier codex / Margaret Dobby -- Shedding light on Mo 8,304, Alma virgo virginum/Benedicta es, Maria / Rachel Davies -- A performance and reception history of On parole/A Paris/FRESE NOUVELE / Edward Breen. |
Summary |
Essays exploring the contents and contexts of the Montpellier codex's fascicle 8, including the manuscript's production, dating, function, and notation, as well as close-readings of individual works which illuminate compositionally progressive features and interactions with existing musical and poetic traditions. The included essays provide a variety of perspectives on thirteenth- and fourteenth century music, art history, and manuscript culture. |
Subject |
Montpellier codex.
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Montpellier codex. |
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Montpellier codex. |
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Motets -- France -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Motets. |
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France. |
Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
Subject |
Music -- Manuscripts. |
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Music -- Manuscripts -- France -- Montpellier.
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France -- Montpellier. |
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Part songs -- France -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Part songs. |
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Music -- France -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Added Author |
Bradley, Catherine A., editor.
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Desmond, Karen, editor.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Montpellier Codex. Rocheseter, NY : The Boydell Press, 2018 9781787441828 (OCoLC)1021174123 |
ISBN |
9781783272723 (hardback) |
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1783272724 (hardback) |
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