Forging Art and Science: The Rise of Brass Instruments in Medieval Art Music as a Result of Advancing Metallurgy
While at first it may seem that a Medieval blacksmith might have little to do with a Medieval musician, there can be drawn connections between the two seemingly unrelated fields of study.
Instrumental Music in Medieval Wales
Instrumental Music in Medieval Wales By Sally Harper North American Journal of Welsh Studies, Vol. 4:1 (2004) Introduction: A late medieval manor house…
Project examines 13th century music
The Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney is part of a team that has been awarded the equivalent of over…
An English composer in royal and aristocratic service: Robert Chirbury, c. 1380–1454
An English composer in royal and aristocratic service: Robert Chirbury, c. 1380–1454 By Alexandra Buckle Plainsong and Medieval Music, Vol.15 No.2 (2006) Abstract:…
Musical Monuments from Medieval Meath
Musical Monuments from Medieval Meath By Ann Buckley Records of Meath Archaeological and Historical Society, Vol.19 (2008) Introduction: The most common figure representing…
Muslims, Jews and Christians in medieval Muslim Seville: (711-1248 CE) : perceiving artistic expressions as signs of acculturation
Muslims, Jews and Christians in medieval Muslim Seville: (711-1248 CE) : perceiving artistic expressions as signs of acculturation By Laura E. Vaughan Bachelors…
The Image of the Jongleur in Northern France Around 1200
The Image of the Jongleur in Northern France Around 1200 By John W. Baldwin Speculum, Vol. 72, No. 3. (1997) Introduction: In the pages…
The Medium of Middle English Lyrics
The Medium of Middle English Lyrics Stevick, Robert D. Medieval English Studies, vol. 8 (2000) Abstract A few years ago I prepared a…
The Sweet Song of Satan: Music and Resistance in the Vercelli Book
The Sweet Song of Satan: Music and Resistance in the Vercelli Book Heckman, Christina M. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 15 (1998) Abstract…
Source Readings on the Practice and Spirituality of Chant: New Texts, New Approaches
Source Readings on the Practice and Spirituality of Chant: New Texts, New Approaches Lochner, Fabian C. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 8 (1991)…
Interpolating the Musical Text of the Lyric Interpolations: Guillaume de Dole the Trouvere Manuscript Tradition
Interpolating the Musical Text of the Lyric Interpolations:Guillaume de Dole the Trouvere Manuscript Tradition Callahan, Christopher Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 8 (1991)…
Scholastic Imagery in The Florence Manuscript
Scholastic Imagery in The Florence Manuscript Catalano, George Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 7 (1990) Abstract The Florence manuscript was produced in Paris…
Franciscan Chant as a Late Medieval Expression in the Liturgy
Franciscan Chant as a Late Medieval Expression in the Liturgy Wagner, Lavern John Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 5 (1988) Abstract When St.…
Sounds and Sweet Airs: City Waits of Medieval and Renaissance England
Sounds and Sweet Airs: City Waits of Medieval and Renaissance England Seitz, Cheryl Glenn Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 4 (1987) Abstract At…
Early Crusade Songs
Crusade songs came to us almost entirely from the repertories of the troubadors and trouveres.
Sounding Illuminations: The Music of the Manuscripts
Richard Porterfield, Mannes College instructor and a founding member of the vocal ensemble Lionheart, leads his students from the Schola Cantorum as they perform Gregorian chants from the Met’s collection of illuminated choir book pages. He also discusses the relationship of medieval musical notation to illustration, text, and ritual.
The eight monophonic political planctus of the Florence manuscript
The eight monophonic political planctus of the Florence manuscript By Leslie Anne Taylor Master’s Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1994 Abstract: The medieval planctus is…
Sunday matins in the Byzantine cathedral rite : music and liturgy
Sunday matins in the Byzantine cathedral rite : music and liturgy By Alexander Leonidas Lingas PhD Dissertation, University of British Columbia, 1996 Abstract: This is…
New Directions in the Study of Medieval Andalusi Music
The present survey offers an overview of recently published research in the field of medieval Arabo-Andalusian music and sketches out a variety of new lines of research that are currently, or should be, followed by future scholars.
The Music of Dante’s Purgatorio
The Music of Dante’s Purgatorio By Mimi Stillman Hortulus: The Online Community for Graduate Students in Medieval Studies, Vol. 1 (2005) Abstract: Dante’s Inferno guides the reader…
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Music (Byzantine Tradition)
Introduction to Ecclesiastical Music (Byzantine Tradition) Lecture by Alban West Given on February 10, 2009 in San Fernando, California This presentation by Archpriest Alban…
The Role of Music in Medieval Shepherds’ Plays
Music, song and, to a certain extent, dance, feature in all medieval shepherds’ plays, even if they are not musical dramas proper.
Medieval Music Manuscripts: Treasures of Sight and Sound
The modern musical notation system developed over many centuries, but its roots lie in the medieval world.
The Modern Invention of Medieval Music
The Modern Invention of Medieval Music: Scholarship, Ideology, Performance By Daniel Leech-Wilkinson (Cambridge University Press, 2002) Read Chapter 1: The invention of…
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts
The Role of Women in Musical Life: The Medieval Arabo-Islamic Courts By Suzanne Meyers Sawa Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 8:2 (1987) Synopsis: Examines the…