Allegorical Play in the Old French Motet: The Sacred and the Profane in the Thirteenth-Century Polyphony

by Sylvia Huot

The motet began as a form of sacred vocal music in several parts; a cantus firmus or tenor, drawn from sacred Latin chant, served as a foundation for one or more upper voices. The French motet was a well-established form by the middle of the thirteenth century, as were bilingual motets that combined at least one French and one Latin text among the upper voices.

Though some attention is paid to melodic structure and the relationship between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804727171
• ISBN13: 9780804727174
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"