Music and Musicians at the Collegiate Church of St Omer: Crucible of Song, 1350-1550

ISBN-13: 9781108813655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 329 str.

Andrew (University of Birmingham) Kirkman

Opis

Offers unparalleled insight into the function of music in worship, ritual and society in late medieval Europe.

Spis treści

Dedication; Acknowledgements; List of plates; Note on editorial policy, currency and dates; Prologue: Saint-omer and the growth of urban power; 1. The maîtrise; 2. Identities and career patterns; 3. Masters and master singers; 4. The organs; 5. The bells; 6. Loose canons? Music and the craft of ecclesiastical power; Epilogue. A cloistered art: connoisseurship and private music-making; Appendix. Documents pertaining to the suppression of benefices for the upkeep of the master and choirboys; Bibliography.