Symbolic Scores: Studies in the Music of the Renaissance (Symola et Emblemata): 5 - Hardcover

Elders, Willem

 
9789004099708: Symbolic Scores: Studies in the Music of the Renaissance (Symola et Emblemata): 5
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004099700 ISBN 13: 9789004099708
Publisher: Brill, 1994

Synopsis

Symbolic Scores is the first monograph on Renaissance music devoted to discussing more than 150 compositions which involve symbolism inspired by ideas and themes inherent in the musical culture of the time.
The introduction describes the historical and theoretical premises of the use of the terms 'allegory', 'sign', and 'symbol', and goes into the aspect of number symbolism as well as the aims, limits, and principles of musico-symbolical analysis. Other studies concentrate on Dufay and Josquin, deal with the symbolical application of soggetto ostinato and canon technique, or treat such themes as music for the dead and the Holy Virgin. The final study is about the conception of heavenly music and musical composition.
Symbolic Scores is finely illustrated and includes musical examples, and indices of compositions and names.

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About the Author

Willem Elders, Ph.D. (1968) in Musicology, State University of Utrecht, is retired Professor of Music History before 1600 at that same university. He has published extensively on music of the Renaissance.

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Publisher
Brill
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9004099700
ISBN 13 
9789004099708
Binding
Leather Bound
Number of pages
284