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The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. The volume codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. For many music students and listeners, the "language of the modes" is a deep mystery, accustomed as we are to centuries of modern harmony. Wiering demystifies the modal world, showing how composers and performers were able to use this structure to create compelling and beautiful works. This book will be an invaluable source to scholars of early music and music theory. in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. It codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. This book will be an invaluable source to scholars of early music.
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Index
Aaron, Pietro, 1, 18, 26, 39, 43, 65, 81, 99n 124n, 136, 163, 183, 200
De institutione harmonica, 32, 80-82
Thoscanello, 32
Trattato, 1, 23, 33, 65, 71-72, 78, 83, 91-92, 115, 135, 140-41, 144-45, 156n
Abbate, Carlo, 34, 81
Adam von Fulda, 91
affinalis. See confinalis
A furore tuo, 148
Agricola, Alexander
Missa "Le serviteur", 137-38
Missa "Malheur me bat", 137-39
Pater meus agricola est, 139
Agricola, Martin, 44, 70, 72, 106, 119, 128, 133, 155, 156n
Rudimenta, 119, 132
Aiguino, Illuminato, 82, 83, 85, 100n, 181-83, 185-87, 191
Alamire, Petrus, 118-19
Alexander the Great, 28
ambitus, 3. See also disposition
commixed, 8-9, 61, 160-61
imperfect, 8
in polyphony, 10-12, 59, 61, 63
irregular, 51, 59, 63, 81-82
mixed, 8-9, 160
perfect, 8
pluperfect, superfluous, 8
Amerus, 49, 51, 52, 55, 56, 59, 191
Practica artis musice, 49, 50
Angelo da Picitono, 82
Angleria, Camillo, 186
antiphons, 2-5
polyphonic settings of, 42
archicembalo, 34
Arion, 117
Aristotle, 63, 143
Aristoxenus, 183
Elementa, 143
Arresti, Giulio Cesare, 90
ars combinatoria, 15, 19n
Artusi, Giovanni Maria, 19n, 28, 34, 39, 43, 72, 84-86, 97, 99n, 100n, 171-75, 177, 179, 183, 196n
Ascham, Roger, 28
Atcherson, Walter, 157n
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Series Editor's Foreword
- Preface
- Conventions Used in This Book
- I. Modality: An Introduction to the Terminology and Concepts
- 2. The Discourse about Mode: Evidence of Textual and Musical Sources
- 3. Tinctoris and the Origin of Polyphonic Modality
- 4. Modus and tonus: Two Attitudes Towards Modes
- 5. The Rise and Fall of Polyphonic Modality
- 6. The Modes before Classical Vocal Polyppony: Evidence from Central-European Cycle
- 7. Zarlino and Polyphonic Modality in Italy
- 8. Conclusion: The Language of the Modes
- Appendix A: Textual Sources
- Appendix B: Musical Sources
- Appendix C: Modal Cycles
- Bibliography
- Index