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A man of huge reputation in his own right and as an alumnus of one of the most sophisticated courts in the history of western Europe, the fifteenth century composer Binchois remains for us, at the turn of the twenty first century, one of the key musical figures of his age. Yet in spite of the attention afforded him in the past, he remains, perhaps more than ever, an enigma. One of the chief aims of this book, surprisingly the first concerned solely with the composer, is to attempt to begin to unravel that enigma by viewing him from a variety of contrasting angles. In so doing it will also provide a catalyst for further research which will further deepen our understanding not only of Binchois himself, but also of the cultural environment of which he was part.

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Author:   Andrew Kirkman (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, USA) ,  Dennis Slavin (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Baruch College, New York)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.793kg
ISBN:  

9780198166689

ISBN 10:   0198166680
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   14 December 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Binchois in Context: Liturgy, Style, Culture Barbara Haggh: Binchois and Sacred Music at the Burgundian Court Sean Gallagher: After Burgundy: Rethinking Binchois's Years in Soignies Philip Weller: Rites of Passage. Music in (Social and Ceremonial) Action: Nove cantum melodie, The Burgundian Court, and Binchois's Early Career The Sacred Music: Style, Context, and the Binchois Canon Peter Wright: Binchois and England: Some Questions of Style, Influence, and Attribution in his Sacred Works Andrew Kirkman: Binchois the Borrower Marco Gozzi: Wiser's Codices and the absconditus Binchois The Songs Dennis Slavin: The Binchois Game: Tonal Coherence and Compositional Style John Bailey and Beth Lee-De Amici: Bridging the Medial Caesura: The Wraparound Rondeau David Fallows: Binchois and the Poets Robert Nosow: Binchois's Songs in the Feo Belcari Manuscript From Manuscript to Edition: Issues of Theory and Editing Thomas Brothers: Accidentals in Binchois's Songs Margaret Bent: The Use of Cut Signatures in Sacred Music by Binchois Leeman Perkins: Towards a Theory of Text-Music Relations in the Music of the Renaissance

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