Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of Paris, 500-1550Cambridge University Press, 2008 M10 30 - 420 pages This book is a history of the early musical life of the Parisian cathedral of Notre Dame. All aspects of the musical establishment of Notre Dame are covered, from Merovingian times to the period of the wars of religion in France. Nine discrete essays discuss the history of Parisian chant and liturgy and the pattern and structure of the cathedral services in the late Middle Ages; Notre Dame polyphony and the composers most closely associated with the cathedral, among them Leoninus, Perotinus and Philippe de Vitry; the organ and its repertoire; the choir, the musical education and performing traditions; and the relationship of the cathedral to the court. |
Contents
The church the clergy and the cloister 3 33 | 3 |
Aspects of Parisian chant and liturgy | 41 |
The shape of the liturgy in the Late Middle Ages | 98 |
The organ | 143 |
The choirboys | 165 |
The church and the court | 196 |
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Music and Ceremony at Notre Dame of Paris, 500-1550 Craig Wright,Professor Craig Wright Limited preview - 1989 |
Common terms and phrases
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