The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass: Medieval Context to Modern Revival

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Andrew Kirkman (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass

Medieval Context to Modern Revival

Andrew Kirkman (Rutgers University, New Jersey)

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Cambridge University Press
22 April 2010

Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600)

The 'cyclic' polyphonic Mass has long been seen as the pre-eminent musical genre of the late Middle Ages, spawning some of the most impressive and engrossing musical edifices of the period. Modern study of these compositions has greatly enhanced our appreciation of their construction and aesthetic appeal. Yet close consideration of their meaning – cultural, social, spiritual, personal – for their composers and original users has begun only much more recently. This book considers the genre both as an expression of the needs of the society in which it arose and as a fulfilment of aesthetic priorities that arose in the wake of the Enlightenment. From this dual perspective, it aims to enhance both our appreciation of the genre for today's world, and our awareness of what it is that makes any cultural artefact endure: its susceptibility to fulfil the different evaluative criteria, and social needs, of different times.

By: Andrew Kirkman (Rutgers University New Jersey)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 910g
ISBN: 9780521114127
ISBN 10: 0521114128
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 22 April 2010
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Kirkman is Associate Professor of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Reviews for The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass: Medieval Context to Modern Revival

...Kirkman's excellent use of both historical writings and modern musicological scholarship will go far towards contextualizing musical compositions for other scholars of this period. -ELIZABETH RANDELL UPTON,University of California