Strunk's Source Readings in Music History: The Early Christian Period and the Latin Middle Ages

by Leo Treitler, W. Oliver Strunk, Annabeth Albert

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In The Early Christian Period and the Latin Middle Ages, we witness the merger of musica, then an abstract academic enterprise, and cantus, or practical music. The volume spans a millennium of writings, ranging from scriptural commentaries by St. Jerome and other fourth-century Church Fathers to an excerpt from Speculum musicae, an extensive fourteenth-century treatise by Jacques of Li ge. Along the way we read from the works of St. Augustine, Boethius,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:039396695X

ISBN13:9780393966954

Release Date:September 1997

Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Christian Books & Bibles Church History Education & Reference History & Criticism Humanities Movements & Periods Music Performing Arts Reference

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