Critical Companion to Medieval Motets: 17 (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music, 17)
Synopsis "Critical Companion to Medieval Motets: 17 (Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music, 17)"
Motets constitute the most important polyphonic genre of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Moreover, these compositions are intrinsically involved in the early development of polyphony. This volume - the first to be devotedexclusively to medieval motets - aims to provide a comprehensive guide to them, from a number of different disciplines and perspectives. It addresses crucial matters such as how the motet developed; the rich interplay of musical,poetic, and intertextual modes of meaning specific to the genre; and the changing social and historical circumstances surrounding motets in medieval France, England, and Italy. It also seeks to question many traditional assumptions and received opinions in the area.The first part of the book considers core concepts in motet scholarship: issues of genre, relationships between the motet and other musico-poetic forms, tenor organization, isorhythm, notational development, social functions, and manuscript layout. This is followed by a series of individual case studies which look in detail at a variety of specific pieces, compositional techniques, collections, and subgenres.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Approaching Medieval Motets - Jared C. HarttThe Genre(s) of Medieval Motets - Elizabeth Eva LeachOrigins and Interactions: Clausula, Motet, Conductus - Catherine BradleyTracing the Tenor in Medieval Motets - Alice V. ClarkIsorhythm - Lawrence EarpNotations - Karen DesmondThirteenth-Century Motet Functions: Views through the Lens of the Portare Motet Family - Dolores PesceA Prism of its Time: Social Functions of the Motet in Fourteenth-Century France - Jacques BoogaartMotets, Manuscript Culture, Mise-en-page - John Haines and Stefan UdellClerics, Courtiers, and the Vernacular Two-Voice Motet: The Case of Fines amouretes/Fiat and the Roman de la poire - Jennifer SaltzsteinWhen Words Converge and Meanings Diverge: Counterexamples to Polytextuality in the Thirteenth-Century Motet - Suzannah ClarkMotets in Chansonniers and the Other Culture of the French Thirteenth-Century Motet - Gaël Saint-CricqBuilding a Motet around Quoted Material: Textual and Muscial Structure in Motets Based on Monophonic Songs - Matthew P. ThomsonThe Duet Motet in England: Genre, Tonal Coherence, Reconstruction - Jared C. HarttMateria Matters: Reconstructing Colla/Bona - Anna ZayaruznayaMachaut's Motet 10 and its Interconnections - Margaret BentA Motet Conceived in Troubled Times: Machaut's Motet 22 - Sarah FullerA Motet Ahead of its Time? The Curious Case of Portio nature/Ida capillorum - Emily ZazuliaBibliography of Works Cited
