Eight Centuries of Troubadours and Trouvères

The Changing Identity of Medieval Music

By:

John Haines

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Hardback

Series:

Musical Performance and Reception

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This book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouvere music, a repertoire of songs which have successfully maintained public interest for eight centuries, from the medieval chansonniers to contemporary rap renditions. A study of their reception therefore serves to illustrate the development of the modern concept of 'medieval music'. Important stages include sixteenth-century antiquarianism, the Enlightenment synthesis of scholarly and popular traditions, and the infusion of archaeology and philology in the nineteenth century, leading to more recent theories on medieval rhythm. More often than not, writers and performers have negotiated a compromise between historical research and a more imaginative approach to envisioning the music of the troubadours and trouveres. This book points not so much to a resurrection of medieval music in modern times as to a continuous tradition of interpreting these songs over eight centuries.

Author Biography:

John Haines holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto, where he teaches at the faculty of Music and the Centre for Medieval Studies. His primary area of research is thirteenth-century monophony and its reception, and he has published related articles in Revue d'Histoire du Theatre, Early Music History and other journals.

Release date Australia

July 8th, 2004

Author

John Haines

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

53 Printed music items; 12 Tables, unspecified

Pages

360

Series

Musical Performance and Reception

Dimensions

152x229x24

ISBN-13

9780521826723

Product ID

3952116

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