Jean-Paul C. Montagnier

The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780

The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first ever book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era. After tracing the publishing history of this distinctive but little-known repertoire, the author places the works in their social, liturgical and musical context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 357
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 57g
• ISBN-13: 9781316629093
• ISBN-10: 1316629090
• Artikelnr.: 58409571

Autorenporträt

Jean-Paul C. Montagnier is Professor of Musicology at Université de Lorraine, France, and Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montréal. He took his Ph.D. from Duke University, North Carolina, where he specialized in the music of the French baroque, and received two first prizes from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His publications include Charles-Hubert Gervais (2001) and Henry Madin, 1698-1748 (2008). He serves on the council of Musica Gallica, run by the French Ministry of Culture, and on the editorial board of the Collected Works of Jean-Baptiste Lully. He was made Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Government in 2012.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Printed choirbooks
2. Choirbooks and musical practice
3. People and networks
4. Music and liturgy
5. Lassus as model
6. Stylistic considerations
7. Two best sellers
8. Missa pro defunctis
Conclusion.