The New Oxford History of Music Volume II: The Early Middle Ages to 1300

by Crocker, Richard; Hiley, David

• ISBN13: 9780193163294
• ISBN10: 0193163292
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-05-31
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This is a completely revised edition of the second volume of the New Oxford History of Music. In the last three decades there has been intense interest in the music of the Middle Ages and great advances in research have been made in facts as well as interpretation. Drawing on the work of leading British and American scholars, this volume presents an informed, up-to-date picture of a broadspectrum of music from the fourth century AD to 1300. Beginning with Christian chant in the Mediterranean, it continues through Latin ('Gregorian') chant, liturgical drama, medieval song, instrumental music, and early polyphony down to the monumental organa composed at the cathedral of Notre Dame inParis in the twelfth century. Over 200 musical examples help to illustrate the discussion of 1,000 years of rich and complex musical development. Contributors: John Stevens, Milos Velimirovic, Kenneth Levy, Richard Crocker, Susan Rankin, Christopher Page, Sarah Fuller, and Janet Knapp.

Table of Contents

Christian Chant of the Eastern Churches

Christian chant in Syria, Armenia, Egypt, and Ethiopia

Byzantine chant

Christian Chant of the Western Churches

Latin chant outside the Roman tradition

Liturgical materials of Roman chant

Chants of the Roman office

Chants of the Roman Mass

Medieval Monophony in Western Europe

Medieval chant

Liturgical drama

Medieval song

Medieval Polyphony in Western Europe

Instruments and Instrumental Music before 1300

Early Polyphony

Polyphony at Notre Dame of Paris

French polyphony of the thirteenth century

Polyphony in England in the thirteenth century

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