First published in 1998, this volume brings together the most part
of the author's work on medieval polyphony. The most significant
advance in music during the period in the High Gothic was the
development of a system of rhythm and of its notation, the modern
understanding of which was to a considerable extent obscured by an
undue emphasis on the so-called rhythmic modes. The investigation
of this topic forms the centre of this book, and a related essay
deals with rhythmic Latin poetry. Other pieces survey the
accomplishments of Europe's first great composer and the
flourishing of the medieval motet, whose rise he stimulated, while
several essays focus on English polyphony, and on what remains of
the motets of Philippe de Vitry, a major figure in Parisian
intellectual circles of the 14th century.
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