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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963141703321

Autore

Haines John

Titolo

Eight centuries of troubadours and trouveres : the changing identity of medieval music / / John Haines

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004

ISBN

9780511208577

051120857X

9781107147003

110714700X

9781280540349

1280540346

9780511213960

0511213964

9780511215759

0511215754

9780511210389

0511210388

9780511314803

0511314809

9780511481819

0511481810

9780511212154

0511212151

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Musical performance and reception

Disciplina

782.4/3/09

Soggetti

Troubadours

TrouveĢ€res

Music - 500-1400 - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The first readers -- The changing song -- Enlightened readers -- The science of translation -- Recent readings -- Conclusions -- Epilogue.


Sommario/riassunto

This 2004 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 now, writers and performers have negotiated a compromise between historical research and a more imaginative approach to envisioning the music of 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.