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The grammar of 14th century melody : tonal organization and compositional process in the chansons of Guillaume de Machaut and the ars subtilior

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The grammar of 14th century melody : tonal organization and compositional process in the chansons of Guillaume de Machaut and the ars subtilior / Yolanda Plumley.
Author
Plumley, Yolanda, 1962-
Publication
New York : Garland Pub., 1996.

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Description
xxvi, 335 pages : illustrations; 1996.
Series Statement
Outstanding dissertations in music from British universities
Uniform Title
Outstanding dissertations in music from British universities.
Alternative Title
Grammar of fourteenth century melody
Subject
  • Guillaume, de Machaut, approximately 1300-1377
  • Polyphonic chansons > 500-1400 > Analysis, appreciation
  • Monophonic chansons > 500-1400 > Analysis, appreciation
Note
  • "A Garland series."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-329) and indexes.
Contents
Ch. 1. Tonal Types in the Ars Nova Chanson -- Ch. 2. Pitch Orientation in the Tonal Types -- Ch. 3. Tonal Structure in Machaut's Monophonic Virelais -- Ch. 4. Machaut's Polyphonic Chansons I: Works with Authentic Cantus Melodies -- Ch. 5. Tonal Coherence in Machaut's Polyphonic Chansons -- Ch. 6. Machaut's Polyphonic Chansons II: Works with Plagal Cantus Melodies -- Ch. 7. Tonal Structure and Formal Archetypes in the Grande Ballade -- Ch. 8. Three Ars Subtilior Ballades -- Appendix 1: Distribution of Tonal Types in Ch -- Appendix 2: Distribution of Tonal Types in Machaut's Polyphonic Chansons -- Appendix 3: List of Chansons in Ch -- Appendix 4: List of Machaut's Chansons -- Index 1: Works by Machaut.
ISBN
0815320655 (alk. paper)
LCCN
95049733
OCLC
  • 33971494
  • ocm33971494
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries