Eight Centuries of Troubadours and Trouvères: The Changing Identity of Medieval Music

by John Dickinson Haines

From the medieval chansonniers to contemporary rap renditions, this book traces the changing interpretation of troubadour and trouv?re music, a repertoire of songs which have successfully maintained public interest for eight centuries. A study of their reception, therefore, serves to illustrate the development of the modern concept of medieval music. Important stages in their evolution include sixteenth-century antiquarianism; the Enlightenment synthesis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521826721
• ISBN13: 9780521826723
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"