Art Songs of the Burgundian Era, 1415-1480

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David Fallows (Emeritus Professor of Musicology, Emeritus Professor of Musicology, University of Manchester)

Art Songs of the Burgundian Era, 1415-1480

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David Fallows (Emeritus Professor of Musicology, Emeritus Professor of Musicology, University of Manchester)

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Oxford University Press Inc
03 July 2026

Other performing arts; Music; Choral music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; History: specific events & topics

In a study as deep as it is broad, Art Song of the Burgundian Era, 1415-1480 presents a rich and thorough survey of art song in the heart of the fifteenth century, during a 65-year period characterized by the rise of French repertory and the arrival of a musical style that crossed linguistic and national lines. Across the five sections of the book, David Fallows defines and describes in detail all of the elements that characterize this remarkable repertory. The first major section on Musical Techniques defines the voicings, textures, texts and structures that make up the repertoire. Following this, Historical Background defines the major forces in the music's development, and its key composers, poets, performers, and themes. Survival looks at the evidence of the music and its practice through sources and key citations of its music and poetic text. Forms lays out the key forms of this repertoire--the ballade, rondeau, and virelai--as well as less common song forms. The book concludes with a section on the language repertories that define art song in this period. An important work of history in its own right, this volume also serves as a guide to the repertory included in Fallows's Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480 (OUP 1999).

By: David Fallows (Emeritus Professor of Musicology Emeritus Professor of Musicology University of Manchester)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 63mm
Weight: 1.048kg
ISBN: 9780197766248
ISBN 10: 0197766242
Pages: 848
Publication Date: 03 July 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Core Songs Section A: Musical Techniques 3. Ranges and Textures 4. Tenor 5. Contratenor 6. Discantus 7. Canon and Imitation 8. Rhythm and Metre Section B: The Background 9. Composers 10. Poets 11. Performers 12. Themes 13. Monophonic Song Section C: Survival 14. Musical Sources 15. Tablatures and Other Notations for Instruments 16. Poetry Sources 17. Verbal Citations 18. Musical Citations 19. Longevity 20. Chronology 21. Versions and Revisions Section D: Forms 22. Poetic Metre 23. Ballade 25. Virelai and Related Forms 26. Stanzaic Forms 27. Rarer Forms 28. The End of the Ars Subtilior 29. Songs Without Words 30. Borrowed Materials Section E: Language Repertories 31. English 32. Flemish 33. German 34. Italian 35. Latin 36. Spanish and Portuguese 37. French and Conclusions Bibliographical Abbreviations Index of Songs Index of Sources General Index

David Fallows is Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University of Manchester and author of Josquin, Henry V and the Earliest English Carols, and Dufay, amongst several others. He served as President of the International Musicological Society from 2002-2007.