Eight centuries of troubadours and trouvères : the changing identity of medieval music /

Eight centuries of troubadours and trouvères : the changing identity of medieval music /

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Author / Creator:	Haines, John (John Dickinson)
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2004.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 347 pages) : music
Language:	English
Series:	Musical performance and reception Musical performance and reception.
Subject:	Troubadour songs -- History and criticism. Troubadours. Trouvères. Music -- 500-1400 -- History and criticism. Music Troubadour songs. Troubadours. Trouvères. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11812982

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ISBN:	9780511481819 0511481810 0511215754 9780511215759 0511213964 9780511213960 9786610540341 6610540349 1280540346 9781280540349 0511314809 9780511314803 9780521108140 0521108144 0521826721 9780521826723 0511210388 9780511210389 0511212151 9780511212154
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Haines, John Dickinson. Eight centuries of troubadours and trouvères. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521826721

Table of Contents:

Introduction
1. The first readers
2. The changing song
3. Enlightened readers
4. The science of translation
5. Recent readings
6. Conclusions
7. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index