Music and Performance in the Book of Hours

by Michael Alan Anderson

Book Overview

This study uncovers the musical foundations and performance suggestions of books of hours, guides to prayer that were the most popular and widespread books of the late Middle Ages.

Exploring a variety of musical genres and sections of books of hours with musical implications, this book presents a richly textured sound world gleaned from dozens of extant manuscript sources from fifteenth-century France. It offers the first overview of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367691388
• ISBN13: 9780367691387
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages