Gretchen Peters

The Musical Sounds of Medieval French Cities

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Produktbeschreibung

Based upon newly uncovered archival evidence, this book establishes urban musical traditions of over twenty cities in late medieval France.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 700g
• ISBN-13: 9781107010611
• ISBN-10: 1107010616
• Artikelnr.: 35579908

Autorenporträt

Gretchen Peters is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire where she teaches in the Music and Theatre Arts Department, as well as in the American Indian Studies Program. She has published numerous articles on urban musical culture in late medieval France and her research activities have included the traditional music of both the Hmong and Ojibwe cultures in Wisconsin, for which she has received multiple awards for her collaborative work with students.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Playing before the council: civic patronage in southern France
2. In honor of nobility: civic patronage in central France
3. For the honor and pleasure of the city: civic patronage in northern France
4. From confraternal processions to weddings to bathhouses: freelancing in the urban environment
5. Playing En Couble: professional relationships among minstrels
6. 'A minister of Satan' and 'An honor to the city': conflicting images of the medieval minstrel
Appendix: musical instruments in the archival records of the study
Bibliography.