Research Catalog

Title

Theology and music at the early university : the case of Robert Grosseteste and Anonymous IV / by Nancy Van Deusen.

Author

Van Deusen, Nancy (Nancy Elizabeth)

Publication

Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

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Description

xvi, 223 pages : illustrations, music; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 57

Uniform Title

Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 57.

Subject

• Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253 > Knowledge and learning
• Songs and music
• Music > 500-1400 > History and criticism
• Music in universities and colleges > England > History > 500-1400

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-218).

Contents

I. Thirteenth-Century Motion Theories and Their Musical Applications: Robert Grosseteste and Anonymous IV -- II. Ubi Lex? Robert Grosseteste's Discussion of Law, Letter, and Time and its Musical Exemplification -- III. Ductus, Tractus, Conductus: The Intellectual Context of a Musical Genre -- IV. Change in a Concept of "Mode" -- V. Grosseteste's Concept of Figura and its Application to Music Notation -- VI. Operatio: Towards a Theory of Performance in Thirteenth-Century Intellectual Culture -- VII. Composite Harmony: An Aspect of the Conceptual Background to the Problem -- VIII. A Theory of Composition and its Influence -- IX. Opus: A Conception of the Musical Work -- X. Firmamentum and Motet: A Theological Basis for a Musical Genre -- XI. Planus, cantus planus: The Theological Background of a Significant Concept -- XII. The Musical Exemplification of Quadrivial Pursuits: The Intellectual Relationship between Robert Grosseteste and "Anonymous IV" -- XIII. Conclusions.

ISBN

9004100598

OCLC

ocm31687018

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Columbia University Libraries