Melisma: wordless song in medieval chant
Auteur :
Kelly, Thomas Forrest
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780197763483
Date de publication :
19 juin 2025
Dimensions :
24,4 x 18,0 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
703 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This is the first book about melismas, or long melodies sung to a single vowel. Using the evidence of medieval creative minds, Thomas Forrest Kelly uncovers the melisma as a phenomenon, how it works, how melismas appear when they are written in chant, and how they function as part of a text and as part of a song.