The Monstrous New Art
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The Monstrous New Art

Divided Forms in the Late Medieval Motet

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The Monstrous New Art

Divided Forms in the Late Medieval Motet

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Late medieval motet texts are brimming with chimeras, centaurs and other strange creatures. In The Monstrous New Art, Anna Zayaruznaya explores the musical ramifications of this menagerie in the works of composers Guillaume de Machaut, Philippe de Vitry, and their contemporaries. Aligning the larger forms of motets with the broad sacred and secular themes of their texts, Zayaruznaya shows how monstrous or hybrid exempla are musically sculpted by rhythmic and textural means. These divisive musical procedures point to the contradictory aspects not only of explicitly monstrous bodies, but of such apparently unified entities as the body politic, the courtly lady, and the Holy Trinity. Zayaruznaya casts a new light on medieval modes of musical representation, with profound implications for broader disciplinary narratives about the history of text-music relations, the emergence of musical unity, and the ontology of the musical work.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9781316190982
Topic
Medios de comunicación y artes escénicas
Subtopic
Música

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Series page
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Illustrations
  9. Music examples
  10. Tables
  11. Supplementary online content
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. Introduction
  14. 1 Songs alive
  15. 2 How (not) to write a motet: The exemplary In virtute/Decens
  16. 3 Motet visions of an apocalyptic statue
  17. 4 Interlude: Nebuchadnezzar’s dream
  18. 5 Ars nova and division
  19. Appendix 1 Philippe de Vitry, In virtute/Decens: Texts, translations, and music
  20. Appendix 2 Philippe de Vitry, Cum statua/Hugo: Texts, translations, and music
  21. Appendix 3 Philippe de Vitry, Phi millies/O creator: Texts, translations, and music
  22. Appendix 4 Anonymous, Post Missarum/Post misse: Texts and translations
  23. Appendix 5 Anonymous, Fortune/Ma dolour: Texts and translations
  24. Appendix 6 Anonymous, Amer/Durement: Texts and translations
  25. Appendix 7 Philippe de Vitry, Firmissime/Adesto: Texts and translations
  26. Appendix 8 Anonymous, Beatius/Cum humanum: Texts and translations
  27. Glossary
  28. Bibliography
  29. Index of Compositions
  30. General Index