Medieval music and the art of memory /
Asking such fundamental questions as how singers managed to memorise such an enormous amount of music and how music composed in the mind rather than in writing has affected musical style, this text explores the impact of the art of memory on the composition and transmission of medieval music.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=142611 |
| Summary: | Asking such fundamental questions as how singers managed to memorise such an enormous amount of music and how music composed in the mind rather than in writing has affected musical style, this text explores the impact of the art of memory on the composition and transmission of medieval music. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520930643 0520930649 1423731344 9781423731344 9780520240285 0520240286 1598758039 9781598758030 |