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The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780: The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks
Jean-Paul C. Montagnier
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Description for The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780: The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks
hardcover. The first book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; AVGC3; AVGC4; AVGD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 880.
This is the first ever book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era. Though the musical settings of the Ordinarium missae and of the Missa pro defunctis have been the subject of countless studies, the stylistic evolution of the polyphonic masses composed in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries has been neglected owing to the labor involved in creating scores from the surviving individual parts. Jean-Paul C. Montagnier has examined closely the printed, engraved and stenciled choirbooks containing this repertoire, and his book focuses mainly on the music as ... Read more
This is the first ever book-length study of the a cappella masses which appeared in France in choirbook layout during the baroque era. Though the musical settings of the Ordinarium missae and of the Missa pro defunctis have been the subject of countless studies, the stylistic evolution of the polyphonic masses composed in France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries has been neglected owing to the labor involved in creating scores from the surviving individual parts. Jean-Paul C. Montagnier has examined closely the printed, engraved and stenciled choirbooks containing this repertoire, and his book focuses mainly on the music as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
879g
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107177741
SKU
V9781107177741
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About Jean-Paul C. Montagnier
Jean-Paul C. Montagnier is Professor of Musicology at Universite de Lorraine, France, and Adjunct Professor at McGill University, Montreal. He took his PhD from Duke University, North Carolina, where he specialized in the music of the French baroque, and received two first prizes from the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique de Paris. His publications include Charles-Hubert Gervais (2001) and Henry ... Read more
Reviews for The Polyphonic Mass in France, 1600-1780: The Evidence of the Printed Choirbooks
'... Montagnier's book is a seminal and exceptional contribution to the study of French sacred music during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' Thierry Favier, Music and Letters '... Montagnier's book is a seminal and exceptional contribution to the study of French sacred music during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.' Thierry Favier, Music and Letters