Reading Renaissance Music Theory

Reading Renaissance Music Theory
Author: Cristle Collins Judd
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2000-11-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521771443

Enth. u.a. "The polyphony of Heinrich Glarean's 'Dodecachordon'" (S. 115-176).

Musical Theory in the Renaissance

Musical Theory in the Renaissance
Author: CristleCollins Judd
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 635
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351556843

This volume of essays draws together recent work on historical music theory of the Renaissance. The collection spans the major themes addressed by Renaissance writers on music and highlights the differing approaches to this body of work by modern scholars, including: historical and theoretical perspectives; consideration of the broader cultural context for writing about music in the Renaissance; and the dissemination of such work. Selected from a variety of sources ranging from journals, monographs and specialist edited volumes, to critical editions, translations and facsimiles, these previously published articles reflect a broad chronological and geographical span, and consider Renaissance sources that range from the overtly pedagogical to the highly speculative. Taken together, this collection enables consideration of key essays side by side aided by the editor‘s introductory essay which highlights ongoing debates and offers a general framework for interpreting past and future directions in the study of historical music theory from the Renaissance.

The Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory

The Renaissance Reform of Medieval Music Theory
Author: Stefano Mengozzi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-02-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0521884152

A detailed study of the sight-singing method introduced by the 11th-century monk Guido of Arezzo, in its intellectual context.

Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style

Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style
Author: Peter Schubert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

The only species counterpoint text that draws directly on Renaissance treatises, Modal Counterpoint, Renaissance Style, Second Edition, provides a conceptual framework to guide students through composition and analysis as it teaches them general structural principles. It distinguishes between technical requirements ("hard" rules) and stylistic guidelines ("soft" rules), and includes coordinated exercises that allow students to develop their skills systematically. The second edition integrates improvisation activities and new repertoire examples into many chapters; revises the chapter on three-part writing (Chapter 14) so that it pays more attention to rules and strategies; reworks the chapters on cadences (Chapter 10) and on writing two parts in mixed values (Chapter 11) to make them more accessible to students; incorporates clarified instructions throughout; and includes a summary of rules.

Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music

Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music
Author: Tess Knighton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780520210813

With contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a lively new survey of music and culture in Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. Fifty essays comment on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period to offer fresh perspectives on musical styles, research sources, and performance practices of the medieval and Renaissance periods.

Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Music Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Author: Susan Forscher Weiss
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2010-07-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253004551

What were the methods and educational philosophies of music teachers in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance? What did students study? What were the motivations of teacher and student? Contributors to this volume address these topics and other -- including gender, social status, and the role of the Church -- to better understand the identities of music teachers and students from 650 to 1650 in Western Europe. This volume provides an expansive view of the beginnings of music pedagogy, and shows how the act of learning was embedded in the broader context of the early Western art music tradition.

A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music, Second Edition

A Performer's Guide to Renaissance Music, Second Edition
Author: Jeffery Kite-Powell
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2007-08-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0253348668

Vocal/choral issues. The solo voice in the Renaissance / Ellen Hargis ; On singing and the vocal ensemble I / Alexander Blachly ; On singing and the vocal ensemble II / Alejandro Planchart ; Practical matters of vocal performance / Anthony Rooley -- Wind, string, and percussion instruments. Recorder ; Renaissance flute / Herbert Myers ; Capped double reeds : crumhorn--Kortholt--Schreierpfeif / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Shawm and curtal / Ross Duffin ; Racket : rackett, Rankett (Ger.), cervelas (Fr.), cervello (It.) / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Bagpipe / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Cornett / Douglas Kirk ; Sackbut / Stewart Carter -- Bowed instruments / Wendy Gillespie -- The violin / David Douglass -- Plucked instruments / Paul O'Dette -- The harp / Herbert Myers -- Early percussion / Benjamin Harms -- Keyboard instruments / Jack Ashworth -- Practical considerations/instrumentation. Proto-continuo / Jack Ashworth and Paul O'Dette ; Mixed ensembles / James Tyler ; Large ensembles / Jeffery Kite-Powell ; Rehearsal tips for directors / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Performance editions / Frederick Gable -- Performance practice. Tuning and temperament / Ross Duffin ; Pitch and transposition / Herbert Myers ; Ornamentation in sixteenth-century music / Bruce Dickey ; Pronunciation guides / Ross Duffin -- Aspects of theory. Eight brief rules for composing a si placet altus, ca. 1470-1510 / Adam Knight Gilbert ; Renaissance theory / Sarah Mead -- Introduction to Renaissance dance. Early Renaissance dance, 1450-1520 / Yvonne Kendall -- For the early music director. Starting from scratch / Jeffery Kite-Powell.

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory
Author: Thomas Christensen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1033
Release: 2006-04-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1316025489

The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory is the first comprehensive history of Western music theory to be published in the English language. A collaborative project by leading music theorists and historians, the volume traces the rich panorama of music-theoretical thought from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. Recognizing the variety and complexity of music theory as an historical subject, the volume has been organized within a flexible framework. Some chapters are defined chronologically within a restricted historical domain, whilst others are defined conceptually and span longer historical periods. Together the thirty-one chapters present a synthetic overview of the fascinating and complex subject that is historical music theory. Richly enhanced with illustrations, graphics, examples and cross-citations as well as being thoroughly indexed and supplemented by comprehensive bibliographies of the most important primary and secondary literature, this book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.

Tactus , Mensuration and Rhythm in Renaissance Music

Tactus , Mensuration and Rhythm in Renaissance Music
Author: Ruth I. DeFord
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 517
Release: 2015-04-23
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1107064724

Ruth I. DeFord offers new insights on Renaissance theories of rhythm and their application to the analysis and performance of music.