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.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Berger, Anna Maria Busse
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=142611
Description
Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279) and index.
ISBN:9780520930643
0520930649
1423731344
9781423731344
9780520240285
0520240286
1598758039
9781598758030