Title Details
420 Pages
24 x 17 cm
10 b/w, 3 line illus.
Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Series Vol. Number:
17
Imprint: Boydell Press
A Critical Companion to Medieval Motets
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First full comprehensive guide to one of the most important genres of music in the Middle Ages.
Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to medieval motets - aims to provide a comprehensive guide to them, from a number of different disciplines and perspectives. It addresses crucial matters such as how the motet developed; the rich interplay of musical,poetic, and intertextual modes of meaning specific to the genre; and the changing social and historical circumstances surrounding motets in medieval France, England, and Italy. It also seeks to question many traditional assumptions and received opinions in the area.
The first part of the book considers core concepts in motet scholarship: issues of genre, relationships between the motet and other musico-poetic forms, tenor organization, isorhythm, notational development, social functions, and manuscript layout. This is followed by a series of individual case studies which look in detail at a variety of specific pieces, compositional techniques, collections, and subgenres.
JARED C. HARTT is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
Contributors: Margaret Bent, Jacques Boogaart, Catherine A. Bradley, Alice V. Clark, Suzannah Clark, KarenDesmond, Lawrence Earp, Sarah Fuller, John Haines, Jared C. Hartt, Elizabeth Eva Leach, Dolores Pesce, Gaël Saint-Cricq, Jennifer Saltzstein, Matthew P. Thomson, Stefan Udell, Anna Zayaruznaya, Emily Zazulia
Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to medieval motets - aims to provide a comprehensive guide to them, from a number of different disciplines and perspectives. It addresses crucial matters such as how the motet developed; the rich interplay of musical,poetic, and intertextual modes of meaning specific to the genre; and the changing social and historical circumstances surrounding motets in medieval France, England, and Italy. It also seeks to question many traditional assumptions and received opinions in the area.
The first part of the book considers core concepts in motet scholarship: issues of genre, relationships between the motet and other musico-poetic forms, tenor organization, isorhythm, notational development, social functions, and manuscript layout. This is followed by a series of individual case studies which look in detail at a variety of specific pieces, compositional techniques, collections, and subgenres.
JARED C. HARTT is Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
Contributors: Margaret Bent, Jacques Boogaart, Catherine A. Bradley, Alice V. Clark, Suzannah Clark, KarenDesmond, Lawrence Earp, Sarah Fuller, John Haines, Jared C. Hartt, Elizabeth Eva Leach, Dolores Pesce, Gaël Saint-Cricq, Jennifer Saltzstein, Matthew P. Thomson, Stefan Udell, Anna Zayaruznaya, Emily Zazulia
Introduction: Approaching Medieval Motets - Jared C. Hartt
The Genre(s) of Medieval Motets - Elizabeth Eva Leach
Origins and Interactions: Clausula, Motet, Conductus - Catherine Bradley
Tracing the Tenor in Medieval Motets - Alice V. Clark
Isorhythm - Lawrence Earp
Notations - Karen Desmond
Thirteenth-Century Motet Functions: Views through the Lens of the Portare Motet Family - Dolores Pesce
A Prism of its Time: Social Functions of the Motet in Fourteenth-Century France - Jacques Boogaart
Motets, Manuscript Culture, Mise-en-page - John Haines and Stefan Udell
Clerics, Courtiers, and the Vernacular Two-Voice Motet: The Case of Fines amouretes/Fiat and the Roman de la poire - Jennifer Saltzstein
When Words Converge and Meanings Diverge: Counterexamples to Polytextuality in the Thirteenth-Century Motet - Suzannah Clark
Motets in Chansonniers and the Other Culture of the French Thirteenth-Century Motet - Gaël Saint-Cricq
Building a Motet around Quoted Material: Textual and Musical Structure in Motets based on Monophonic Songs - Matthew P. Thomson
The Duet Motet in England: Genre, Tonal Coherence, Reconstruction - Jared C. Hartt
Materia Matters: Reconstructing Colla/Bona - Anna Zayaruznaya
Machaut's Motet 10 and Its Interconnections - Margaret Bent
A Motet Conceived in Troubled Times: Machaut's Motet 22 - Sarah Fuller
A Motet Ahead of Its Time? The Curious Case of Portio nature/Ida capillorum - Emily Zazulia
Bibliography of Works Cited
The Genre(s) of Medieval Motets - Elizabeth Eva Leach
Origins and Interactions: Clausula, Motet, Conductus - Catherine Bradley
Tracing the Tenor in Medieval Motets - Alice V. Clark
Isorhythm - Lawrence Earp
Notations - Karen Desmond
Thirteenth-Century Motet Functions: Views through the Lens of the Portare Motet Family - Dolores Pesce
A Prism of its Time: Social Functions of the Motet in Fourteenth-Century France - Jacques Boogaart
Motets, Manuscript Culture, Mise-en-page - John Haines and Stefan Udell
Clerics, Courtiers, and the Vernacular Two-Voice Motet: The Case of Fines amouretes/Fiat and the Roman de la poire - Jennifer Saltzstein
When Words Converge and Meanings Diverge: Counterexamples to Polytextuality in the Thirteenth-Century Motet - Suzannah Clark
Motets in Chansonniers and the Other Culture of the French Thirteenth-Century Motet - Gaël Saint-Cricq
Building a Motet around Quoted Material: Textual and Musical Structure in Motets based on Monophonic Songs - Matthew P. Thomson
The Duet Motet in England: Genre, Tonal Coherence, Reconstruction - Jared C. Hartt
Materia Matters: Reconstructing Colla/Bona - Anna Zayaruznaya
Machaut's Motet 10 and Its Interconnections - Margaret Bent
A Motet Conceived in Troubled Times: Machaut's Motet 22 - Sarah Fuller
A Motet Ahead of Its Time? The Curious Case of Portio nature/Ida capillorum - Emily Zazulia
Bibliography of Works Cited
"[A]n ideal textbook for an in-depth study of the motet, a true companion guiding students and scholars chapter by chapter through the study of the music, texts, sources, interpretive methodologies, analytical techniques, musical and social contexts, and the thought and aesthetics of the era." Jennifer Thomas, SPECULUM
"This impressive volume features scholarly experts critically engaging with the evolution of the Medieval motet . . . [and tackles] questions of genre, origins, composition, chant, notation, function, manuscript culture, language, style, the influence of important composers and collections, and more. . . . A Critical Companion to Medieval Motets is an excellent introduction to fascinating topics in early musicology, thoroughly investigating the Motet from angles that will intrigue anyone interested in Medieval music." Samantha Bassler, EARLY MUSIC AMERICA
"[H]ighly admirable. . . . [T]his volume stands as a central guide to future work on the medieval motet -- indeed, medieval musicology as a whole will need to account for arguments made throughout its pages." Mary Channen Caldwell, RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY
"A welcome addition to the literature on music of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries." BRIO
"An important re-evaluation of the motet as a sophisticated and multi-layered cultural phenomenon with a complex history, an art form enjoyed not only as music, but also appreciated in written form as a mark of education and as a status symbol. This book is surely a must-have for any university with a music library, and for all serious scholars of medieval music." THE CONSORT
"[A] very detailed and welcome scholarly resource on the most important polyphonic genre of the 13th and 14th centuries." B. L. Eden, Valparaiso University
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Title Details
420 Pages
2.4 x 1.7 cm
10 b/w, 3 line illus.
Series: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music
Series Vol. Number:
17
Imprint: Boydell Press
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