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The linking theme of the essays collected here is the intersection of musical work with social and cultural practice. Inspired by Professor Strohm's ideas, as is fitting in a volume in his honour, leading scholars in the field explore diverse conceptualizations of the 'work' within the contexts of a specific repertory, over four main sections. Music in Theory and Practice studies the link between treatises and musical practice, and analyses how historical writings can reveal period views on the 'work' in music before 1800. Art and Social Process: Music in Court and Urban Societies looks at the social and cultural practices informing composition from the late Renaissance until the mid-eighteenth century, and interrogates current notions of canon formation and the exchange between local and foreign traditions. Creating an Opera Industry focuses on how genre and artistic autonomy were defined in operas from diverse eras and countries, explaining the role of literature and politics in this process. Finally, The Crisis of Modernity treats nineteenth-century music, offering new models for 'work' and 'context' to challenge reigning theories of the meaning of these terms.
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Music as Social and Cultural Practice Essays in honour of Reinhard Strohm Disclaimer: Some images in the printed version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. To view the image on this page please refer to the printed version of this book. Music as Social and Cultural Practice Essays in honour of Reinhard Strohm • Edited by Melania Bucciarelli Berta Joncus the boydell press © Contributors 2007 All Rights Reserved. Except as permitted under current legislation no part of this work may be photocopied, stored in a retrieval system, published, performed in public, adapted, broadcast, transmitted, recorded or reproduced in any form or by any means, without the prior permission of the copyright owner First published 2007 The Boydell Press, Woodbridge isbn 978-1-84383-317-8 The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk ip12 3df, UK and of Boydell & Brewer Inc. 668 Mt Hope Avenue, Rochester, ny 14620, USA website: www.boydellandbrewer.com with the support of Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice A catalogue record of this publication is available from the British Library This publication is printed on acid-free paper Designed and typeset in Adobe Minion Pro by David Roberts, Pershore, Worcestershire Music origination by Jeanne Roberts Disclaimer: Printed Great by for inclusion in the eBook. Some images in the printed version of thisinbook areBritain not available Antony To view these imagesRowe pleaseLtd, referChippenham, to the printed Wiltshire version of this book. • Contents • List of Figures List of Music Examples List of Tables Preface Contributors Abbreviations Laudatio Pierluigi Petrobelli • prologue • Introduction Melania Bucciarelli & Berta Joncus viii ix x xi xiii xviii 1 4 • i music in theory and practice • 1 Anonymous Arabic Treatises on Music: Lost Legacies, Hidden Answers Amnon Shiloah 11 2 Compositional Practices in Trecento Music: Model Books and Musical Traditions Anna Maria Busse Berger 24 3 Trompetta and Concordans Parts in the Early Fifteenth Century Margaret Bent 38 4 Recording for Posterity: Some Reflections on the Memorialising of Early Renaissance Music Edward Wickham 74 5 How to Sin in Music: Doctor Navarrus on Sixteenth-Century Singers Bonnie J. Blackburn 86 • ii art and social process: • music in court and urban societies 6 Traditions and Practices in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Sacred Polyphony: The Use of So