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.
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