Plainsong in the age of polyphony
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521106894
Date de publication :
2 avr. 2009
Dimensions :
24,4 x 17,0 x 1,4 cm
Poids :
410 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
From at least the eighth century and for about a thousand years the repertory of music known as Georgian chant, or plainsong, formed the largest body of written music. But plainsong did not follow rigid conventions. It is just this variation, this living quality of plainsong, that these essays address.