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City, Chant, and the Topography of Early Music
Michael Scott Cuthbert
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Description for City, Chant, and the Topography of Early Music
Hardcover. "City, Chant, and the Topography of Early Music "explores how space, urban life, landscape, and time transformed plainchant and other musical forms. Thirteen essays address a wide range of topics and regions--from Beneventan chant in Italy and Dalmatia, to music theory in medieval France, to later transformations of chant in Iceland and Spain. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 29. Weight in Grams: 742.
Cultural landscape and geography have affected the history of Western music from its earliest manifestations to the present day. City, Chant, and the Topography of Early Music brings together essays by thirteen leading scholars that explore ways that space, urban life, landscape, and time transformed plainchant and other musical forms. In addressing a broad array of topics and regions--ranging from Beneventan chant in Italy and Dalmatia, to music theory in medieval France, to later transformations of chant in Iceland and Spain--these essays honor and build upon Thomas Forrest Kelly's work in keeping cultural, geographic, and political factors close to the ... Read more
Cultural landscape and geography have affected the history of Western music from its earliest manifestations to the present day. City, Chant, and the Topography of Early Music brings together essays by thirteen leading scholars that explore ways that space, urban life, landscape, and time transformed plainchant and other musical forms. In addressing a broad array of topics and regions--ranging from Beneventan chant in Italy and Dalmatia, to music theory in medieval France, to later transformations of chant in Iceland and Spain--these essays honor and build upon Thomas Forrest Kelly's work in keeping cultural, geographic, and political factors close to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University, Department of Music,U.S. United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780964031746
SKU
V9780964031746
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About Michael Scott Cuthbert
Michael Scott Cuthbert is Homer A. Burnell Associate Professor of Music at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sean Gallagher is Visiting Associate Professor of Music at Boston University. Christoph Wolff is Adams University Research Professor at Harvard University.
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