| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Notes on musical examples and text citations; Musical examples and figures; 1 'Straightforward songs'; 2 The musical repertory; 3 Definitions and terminology: carol, burden, refrain, chorus, verse; 4 The musical form and virelai forms in general; 5 Burdens and double burdens; 6 Fauxbourdon; 7 Metre and rhythm; 8 The main poetry sources; 9 The earliest English poems in carol form; 10 Monophony for the carol; 11 Add. MS 5666; 12 Awareness of the carol, 1: 1600-1890; 13 Composers |
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14 Social context, 1: The Royal Court and Political Propaganda15 Social context, 2: Orality and the Polyphonic Carol; 16 Social context, 3: The Notion of Communal Song; 17 Awareness of the carol, 2: 1891-1901; 18 The date and origin of Ritson; 19 The date and origin of Egerton; 20 The date and origin of Trinity; 21 The date and origin of Selden; 22 Chronology; 23 The later carols; 24 Binchois, Dufay and the contenance angloise; 25 Awareness of the carol, 3: 1902-2017; 26 'Blessid Inglond ful of melody'; Bibliography; General index; Index of carols; Index of other songs and poems |
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Index of manuscripts |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Carols, English-England-15th century-History and criticism
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Henry-V, -King of England, -1387-1422-Knowledge-Music
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317049623 |
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1317049624 |
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