Hermann Pötzlinger's Music Book: The St Emmeram Codex and Its Contexts

by Peter Wright and Ian Rumbold

A study of one of the most significant medieval manuscripts containing music, and its owner, sheds light on many aspects of contemporary culture.

Hermann P?tzlinger (+ 1469), the university-educated schoolmaster of the monastery of St Emmeram, Regensburg, was the creator of one of the largest and most intriguing collections of late-medieval polyphonic music to have survivedfrom Central Europe. His music book, the so-called 'St Emmeram Codex'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843834634
• ISBN13: 9781843834632
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 374 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"