Courtly Love Songs of Medieval France
Transmission and Style in Trouvére Repertoire
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 12 January 2006
- ISBN 9780198165477
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages252 pages
- Size 242x163x19 mm
- Weight 534 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 pp halftone plates, numerous music examples 0
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Short description:
Mary O'Neill examines the legacy of the medieval poet composers of Northern France, the trouvères. For many years problems and difficulties concerning the surviving melodies have prevented us from accessing these songs. Many of these problems are addressed here, bringing us closer to a true understanding of the repertoire.
MoreLong description:
This book is the first full-length study of the courtly love songs of the trouvère to address the central musical problems of the repertoire as a whole, embracing source studies, interpretation, historiography, and analysis. The argument of the book revolves around three axes, each of which is essential to the appreciation of the others: problems concerning the extant manuscript tradition; the crucial role of orality; and stylistic changes and plurality in the reperotire.
For the first time, a full overview of the sources and notation is undertaken. This reveals the idiosyncrasies of individual manuscripts but, more importantly, it identifies two basic phases in the manuscript tradition. The study of melodic variants reveals the performance art that lies at the heart of the courtly grand chant; processes and techniques of variation are examined, bringing us to a closer understanding of the tenets of the melodic art of the early trouvères. A close study of select trouvères from the different generation reveals stylstic change and plurality, particularly in the melodic art which in some respects was less prescribed than the poetic texts.
Consequently the courtly songs of the trouvères truly come alive in this book.
...a valuable starting point for general study...her written style is clear and...the book can be read gainfully by non-musicians...In general, the analyses are excellent: detailed, revealing, and lucidly expressed...This book deserves to be widely read.
Table of Contents:
The grand chant of the trouvères: an Introduction
The Manuscript Tradition: Sources and Notation
The Melodic Art of the Trouvères: Orality and the Question of Melodic Variants
The Lyric Art of the Trouvères: The Counrtly chansons of Gautier de Dargies
The Later Trouvère Tradition: Continuation and Innovation
The Interaction of Oral, Written, and Literate Processes
