246 Pages
100 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
100 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
246 Pages
100 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This study uncovers the musical foundations and performance suggestions of books of hours, guides to prayer that were the most popular and widespread books of the late Middle Ages.
Exploring a variety of musical genres and sections of books of hours with musical implications, this book presents a richly textured sound world gleaned from dozens of extant manuscript sources from fifteenth-century... Read more
Introduction, Part 1: Music of the Offices, 1. Psalms, 2. Antiphons, 3. Hymns, 4. Responsories, 5. Dialogues, Part 2: Music beyond the Offices, 6. The Seven Penitential Psalms, 7. The Litany, 8. Suffrages, 9. Mass for the Virgin
Biography
Michael Alan Anderson is Associate Professor of Musicology at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. He specializes in European sacred music from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, with emphasis on lay devotion and saints.
