Composers at Work

How did Renaissance composers write their music? In this revolutionary look at a subject that has fascinated scholars for years, musicologist Jessie Ann Owens offers new and striking evidence that contrary to accepted theory, sixteenth-century composers did not use scores to compose - even to write complex vocal polyphony. Her research demonstrates that instead of working in full score, Renaissance composers fashioned the music in parts, often working with brief segments, according to a linear conception. The importance of this discovery on editorial interpretation and on performance cannot be overstated. This book will change the way we analyze and understand early music. Clear, provocative, and painstakingly researched, Composers at Work: The Craft of Musical Composition 1450-1600 makes essential reading for scholars of Renaissance music as well as those working in related fields such as sketch studies and music theory.

המשפט הראשון: In the past two or three decades, studies of "compositional process" have become a familiar staple of musicology.

שנה

1997

שפה

English

הוצאה

Oxford University Press, USA

מהדורות

4

עמודים

368

ISBN

9780195129045

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