Angel Song: Medieval English Music in History
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Angel Song: Medieval English Music in History

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Angel Song: Medieval English Music in History

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Although medieval English music has been relatively neglected in comparison with repertoire from France and Italy, there are few classical musicians today who have not listened to the thirteenth-century song 'Sumer is icumen in', or read of the achievements and fame of fifteenth-century composer John Dunstaple. Similarly, the identification of a distinctively English musical style (sometimes understood as the contenance angloise ) has been made on numerous occasions by writers exploring the extent to which English ideas influenced polyphonic composition abroad. Angel song: Medieval English music in history examines the ways in which the standard narratives of English musical history have been crafted, from the Middle Ages to the present. Colton challenges the way in which the concept of a canon of English music has been built around a handful of pieces, composers and practices, each of which offers opportunities for a reappraisal of English musical and devotional cultures between 1250 and 1460.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2016
ISBN
9781317181149
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Music

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables and musical examples
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction: ‘Merrie England’, cultural memory and the writing of English musical history
  10. 1 ‘The greatest musical curiosity extant’: ‘Sumer is icumen in’ and the canon of English music
  11. 2 Anglicus angelicus: Was English music political?
  12. 3 Authorship, musicianship and value in medieval English history
  13. 4 Who was John Dunstaple?
  14. 5 The idea of English music: Identity, ethnicity and musical style
  15. 6 Contenance angloise: A reappraisal
  16. Epilogue
  17. Appendix A: John Dunstaple and other relevant people in historical records
  18. Appendix B: Hertfordshire Record Office MS 44505
  19. Appendix C: Property owned by John Dunstaple and his heirs
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index