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Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
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Description for Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
Paperback. An invaluable resource on the pronunciation of historic European languages for singers, scholars, actors, and readers of early music and literature With CD Editor(s): McGee, Timothy J. Series: Music: Scholarship & Performance. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 654.
Singing Early Music studies the principal languages of Europe as they were spoken from the twelfth to the seventeenth century: English, Scots, French, Occitan, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, Italian, German, and Flemish as well as the Latin dialect of each area. Each chapter is written by an expert in the particular language and includes several sample texts, printed in both the original language and in transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet. All the texts are recorded on the accompanying compact disc. This comprehensive volume and CD will be invaluable for medieval and Renaissance studies as well as ... Read more
Singing Early Music studies the principal languages of Europe as they were spoken from the twelfth to the seventeenth century: English, Scots, French, Occitan, Spanish, Galician-Portuguese, Italian, German, and Flemish as well as the Latin dialect of each area. Each chapter is written by an expert in the particular language and includes several sample texts, printed in both the original language and in transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet. All the texts are recorded on the accompanying compact disc. This comprehensive volume and CD will be invaluable for medieval and Renaissance studies as well as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
Music: Scholarship & Performance
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253210265
SKU
V9780253210265
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About McGee
TIMOTHY J. MCGEE is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Toronto and author of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Performer's Guide and Medieval Instrumental Dances.
Reviews for Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance
... it certainly belongs in every institutional library and among the holdings of all those interested in any way in early music and literature. Singing Early Music is a pioneering work of surpassing quality that can not be too highly recommended. Journal of Singing Commendable in its scholarship, this sturdily bound book should prove of interest to linguists, ... Read more