Chromatic Beauty in the Late Medieval Chanson: An Interpretation of Manuscript Accidentals

Thomas Brothers (Duke University, North Carolina)

Chromatic Beauty in the Late Medieval Chanson: An Interpretation of Manuscript Accidentals
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
13 November 1997
Pages
242
ISBN
9780521550512

Chromatic Beauty in the Late Medieval Chanson: An Interpretation of Manuscript Accidentals

Thomas Brothers (Duke University, North Carolina)

This book provides an in-depth study of the late medieval chanson, from Gace Brule through Guillaume Du Fay. It is largely concerned with interpretation of the way accidentals function, not only at the level of local detail but also as part of the overall design. Thomas Brothers thus explores the way inflections are used by the composer as an expressive tool. The background problem to which this study responds is the conceptual difficulty we have in interpreting pitch syntax in this repertory. Support for this approach comes from reference to causa pulchritudinis (‘by reason of beauty’), a justification for chromatic writing first encountered at the beginning of the fourteenth century. In advancing an interpretation of the musical side of the chanson, Thomas Brothers aims to bring standards closer to what has been achieved in study of sister disciplines of art and literature.

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