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The Refrain and the Rise of the Vernacular in Medieval French Music and Poetry
Jennifer Saltzstein
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Description for The Refrain and the Rise of the Vernacular in Medieval French Music and Poetry
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A survey of the use of the refrain in thirteenth and fourteenth-century French music and poetry, showing how it was skilfully deployed to assert the validity of the vernacular. The relationship between song quotation and the elevation of French as a literary language that could challenge the cultural authority of Latin is the focus of this book. It approaches this phenomenon through a close examination of the refrain, a short phrase of music and text quoted intertextually across thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century musical and poetic genres. The author draws on a wide range of case studies, from motets, ... Read more
A survey of the use of the refrain in thirteenth and fourteenth-century French music and poetry, showing how it was skilfully deployed to assert the validity of the vernacular. The relationship between song quotation and the elevation of French as a literary language that could challenge the cultural authority of Latin is the focus of this book. It approaches this phenomenon through a close examination of the refrain, a short phrase of music and text quoted intertextually across thirteenth- and early fourteenth-century musical and poetic genres. The author draws on a wide range of case studies, from motets, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843498
SKU
V9781843843498
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Reviews for The Refrain and the Rise of the Vernacular in Medieval French Music and Poetry
A major contribution to scholarship on thirteenth- and fourteenth-century French music and literature in many respects.
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIE
[A] compelling study.
SPECULUM
This book is as accessible to the non-specialist as it is valuable to the expert, carefully explaining any technical vocabulary and precisely clarifying terminological distinctions ... Saltzstein's detailed engagement with musical examples is ... Read more
MODERN LANGUAGE REVIE
[A] compelling study.
SPECULUM
This book is as accessible to the non-specialist as it is valuable to the expert, carefully explaining any technical vocabulary and precisely clarifying terminological distinctions ... Saltzstein's detailed engagement with musical examples is ... Read more