bokomslag The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass
Filosofi & religion

The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass

Andrew Kirkman

Pocket

619:-

Funktionen begränsas av dina webbläsarinställningar (t.ex. privat läge).

Uppskattad leveranstid 7-12 arbetsdagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249:-

Andra format:

  • 297 sidor
  • 2020
The 'cyclic' polyphonic Mass has long been seen as the pre-eminent musical genre of the late Middle Ages, spawning some of the most impressive and engrossing musical edifices of the period. Modern study of these compositions has greatly enhanced our appreciation of their construction and aesthetic appeal. Yet close consideration of their meaning - cultural, social, spiritual, personal - for their composers and original users has begun only much more recently. This book considers the genre both as an expression of the needs of the society in which it arose and as a fulfilment of aesthetic priorities that arose in the wake of the Enlightenment. From this dual perspective, it aims to enhance both our appreciation of the genre for today's world, and our awareness of what it is that makes any cultural artefact endure: its susceptibility to fulfil the different evaluative criteria, and social needs, of different times.
  • Författare: Andrew Kirkman
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781108794893
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 297
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2020-05-28
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press