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Author Owens, Jessie Ann.

Title Composers at work : the craft of musical composition 1450-1600 / Jessie Ann Owens
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 345 pages) : illustrations
Series OUP E-Books
Contents Teaching composition -- Reading and writing music -- Composing without writing -- Erasable tablets -- Autograph composing manuscripts -- Sketches, drafts, fair copies -- Francesco Corteccia -- Cipriano de Rore -- Henricus Isaac -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Summary How did Renaissance composers write their music? In this revolutionary look at a subject that has fascinated scholars for years, musicologist Jessie Ann Owens offers new and striking evidence that contrary to accepted theory, sixteenth-century composers did not use scores to compose - even to write complex vocal polyphony. Her research demonstrates that instead of working in full score, Renaissance composers fashioned the music in parts, often working with brief segments, according to a linear conception. The importance of this discovery on editorial interpretation and on performance cannot be overstated. This book will change the way we analyze and understand early music. Clear, provocative, and painstakingly researched, Composers at Work: The Craft of Musical Composition 1450-1600 makes essential reading for scholars of Renaissance music as well as those working in related fields such as sketch studies and music theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-333)-and indexes
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Subject Composition (Music) -- History
Music -- 15th century -- History and criticism
Music -- 16th century -- History and criticism
Music -- 15th century -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Composition.
Composition (Music)
Music
Komposition Musik
Komponist
Compositieleer.
Componisten.
Meerstemmigheid.
Composition (musique) -- Histoire et critique.
Musique -- 15e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Musique -- 16e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 95038533
ISBN 1423760344
9781423760344
1602563608
9781602563605
9786610472215
6610472211