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Author Haines, John (John Dickinson)

Title Eight centuries of troubadours and trouvères : the changing identity of medieval music / John Haines
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : music
Series Musical performance and reception
Musical performance and reception.
Contents The first readers -- The changing song -- Enlightened readers -- The science of translation -- Recent readings -- Conclusions -- Epilogue
Summary This book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouvère 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 trouvères. 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.--Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Troubadour songs -- History and criticism
Troubadours.
Trouvères.
Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Piano-Vocal-Guitar.
Music
Troubadour songs
Troubadours
Trouvères
Troubadours.
Liederen.
Receptie.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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