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'... present[s] some interesing ideas about the many levels at which theory has shaped and influenced our understanding of music.' BBC Music Magazine
'Judd's book is a significant contribution to the history of music theory and ... the history of music theorists ... this is a valuable book that looks at familiar material in an original way. It received the Society of Music Theory's Wallace Berry Award in November 2001, deservedly so in my opinion, and it will be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of music theory and of writing about music in general.' American Musicological Society
Book Description
This groundbreaking book offers a new perspective on a central group of music theory treatises that have long formed a background to the study of Renaissance music. Taking theorists' music examples as a point of departure, it explores fundamental questions about how music was read, and by whom, situating the reading in specific cultural contexts. In particular it illuminates the ways in which the choices of Renaissance theorists have shaped later interpretation of earlier praxis, and reflexively the ways in which modern theory has been mapped on to that practice.
Reading Renaissance Music Theory : Hearing with the Eyes (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis)
Reading Renaissance Music Theory : Hearing with the Eyes (Cambridge Studies in Music Theory and Analysis),Cristle Collins Judd,Ian Bent,Cambridge University Press,0521771447,16th century,Aaron, Pietro,Criticism and interpretation,Europe,General,Genres & Styles - Classical,History,History & Criticism - General,History and criticism,Instruction & Study - Theory,Music,Music collections,Music printing,Glareanus, Henricus,Heyden, Sebald,Music / General,Music--History and criticism--Music collections,Theory of music & musicology,Zarlino, Gioseffo
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