| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 300 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Musical Examples; Acknowledgements; Note on Music Examples; List of Manuscript Sigla; List of Abbreviations; List of Abbreviations for Anonymous Music Treatises; 1 Introduction; 2 Subtilitas and the ars nova; 3 Jean des Murs, Quadrivial Scientist; 4 Arts Old and New; 5 From Trees to Degrees; 6 Notational Dots and the Line of Musical Time; Epilogue; Appendix 1: List of Transitional ars nova Motets and Concordances; Appendix 2: Key Dates in the Biography of Jean des Murs |
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Appendix 3: Key Dates in the Biography of Philippe de VitryAppendix 4: Sources of Jean des Murs's Notitia and Conclusiones; Appendix 5: Edition of Apta/Flos for Three Voices (including the Motet Texts and with a New Translation of the Triplum by Joshua Benjamins); Appendix 6: Works List for Jean des Murs; Bibliography; Index of Compositions; General Index |
| Summary |
Challenges current accounts of the French ars nova, a musical art that was both criticised and heralded for its modernity. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism.
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Music theory -- History -- 500-1400.
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Classical. |
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MUSIC -- Reference. |
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Music |
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Music theory |
| Chronological Term |
500-1400 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781107167094 |
| ISBN |
9781316731352 (electronic bk.) |
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1316731359 (electronic bk.) |
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9781316711545 (electronic bk.) |
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1316711544 (electronic bk.) |
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9781107167094 (hardback) |
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1107167094 (hardback) |
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9781316617793 (paperback) |
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1316617793 (paperback) |
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