The Refrain and the Rise of the Vernacular in Medieval French Music and Poetry
(Part of the Gallica Series)
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A survey of the use of the refrain in thirteenth and fourteenth-century French music and poetry, showing how it was skilfully deployed to assert the validity of the vernacular. The relationship between song quotation and the elevation of French as a literary language that could challenge the cultural authority of Latin is the focus of this book. It approaches this phenomenon through a close examination of the refrain, a short phrase of music...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1843843498
ISBN13:9781843843498
Release Date:June 2013
Publisher:Boydell & Brewer
Length:208 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.5"
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Arts, Music & Photography Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections MusicCustomer Reviews
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