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With voice and pen : coming to know medieval song and how it was made /

Leo Treitler's 17th classic essays trace the creation and spread of song (cantus), sacred and secular, through oral tradition and writing, in the European Middle Ages. The accompanying CD contains performances of much of the music discussed.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Treitler, Leo, 1931-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Vocal music > 500-1400 > History and criticism.
Music and literature > History > To 1500.
Musique vocale > 500-1400 > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
Music and literature
Vocal music
Liederen.
To 1500
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Leo Treitler's 17th classic essays trace the creation and spread of song (cantus), sacred and secular, through oral tradition and writing, in the European Middle Ages. The accompanying CD contains performances of much of the music discussed.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 506 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-496) and index.
ISBN:9780191518508
0191518506
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0191713899
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0198166443
019921476X
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