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Author:   Jesse Rodin (Stanford University, California)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.885kg
ISBN:  

9781107184596

ISBN 10:   1107184592
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   12 December 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Starting Points: 1. An esthetics of opposition that privileges intensification, deintensification, and dramatic arcs-and what came before and after; 2. A discursive vacuum; Part II. Tinctoris's Varietas: 3. Defining terms; 4. Varietas as an esthetic paradigm; 5. Tinctoris knew the repertoire; 6. Pieces exemplifying varietas; Part III. Fundaments of the Art: 7. The parameters; 8. Affordances of four- and five-voice texture; 9. Sacred genres; 10. The formes fixes; Part IV. The Art in Action: 11. Some songs by Du Fay; 12. Peaks, valleys, and flow in Ockeghem's sacred music; 13. Busnoys, Josquin, and the Hurricane Osanna; 14. Seven awesome endings; 15. Pater Noster across the esthetic divide; 16. The art of counterpoint in performance; Appendices: 1. Tinctoris's rules of counterpoint; 2. Rough guide to the late fifteenth-century cyclic mass; Bibliography; Index of Compositions; General Index.

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'On the cover of this hugely significant book, the singers in Luca della Robbia's marble relief seem to be straining against the constraints of stone, seeking to project passion across the centuries. In the pages that follow, Jesse Rodin lays the groundwork for such a liberation. First, through innovative analysis, he shows how composers from Du Fay to Josquin gave new shape and life to the art of polyphony. Then, in the final chapter, he suggests how modern singers can internalize that organic energy and convey it to audiences. Erudite and urgent in equal measure, investing meticulous scholarship with infectious enthusiasm, Rodin has produced a classic text and set a fresh standard.' Alex Ross, The New Yorker 'Jesse Rodin's long view of a short fifteenth century brings the polyphony vividly to life as few before him have done. In doing so he sets a few hares running, and some cats among the pigeons. His occasionally polemical turn provokes, stimulates, and challenges us to return to the music with fresh ears and minds: a creative irritant in the best sense.' Fabrice Fitch, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

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Jesse Rodin is Professor of Music at Stanford University and a Guggenheim Fellow. His publications include several books and many articles on Renaissance music, as well as recordings with his vocal ensemble Cut Circle. He directs the Josquin Research Project, a tool for exploring a large musical corpus, and co-directs the digital project Mapping the Musical Renaissance.

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