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Nota Bene Reading Classics and Writing Melodies in the Early Middle Ages (Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin) (Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin) Paperback - 2007
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- Title Nota Bene Reading Classics and Writing Melodies in the Early Middle Ages (Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin) (Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin)
- Author Jan M. Ziolkowski
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 362
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brepols Publishers, Turnhout:
- Date June 28, 2007
- Features Bilingual
- ISBN 9782503525341
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
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- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2007, Page 232
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Belgium: Brepols. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2007. Softcover. 2503525342 . KB55...Xv, 362 pages : illustrations. Octavo. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. Beige softcovers with oxblood titles and decoration blocks. In very nice condition. Introduction. The scope and nature of the question ; Defining neumes ; The meaning of the classicsThe recording and the use of neumes. Why musical notation was provided ; Reading and writing between the lines : the grammar of notation ; Putting a stop to it : punctuationReasons for the neuming of the classics. Metre and melody ; Accent and rhythm ; Rhetorical emphasis on pathos and speechInspirations and analogues. Text and song in Roman aniquity ; Sacred lament ; Vernacular songThe decline of the neumed classicsAppendix 1. Inventory of neumed classical textsAppendix 2. Speeches among classical passages with neumation; Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin; Vol. 7; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 362 pages .
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Turnhout Brepols 2007. Paperback, XV+362 p., 14 b/w ill., 16 x 25. ISBN 9782503525341. Nota Bene explores a little-known juxtaposition of verbal text and musical notation in the Middle Ages. This particular intersection deserves attention from those interested in music, the reception of classical Latin literature, the history of education, and the development of punctuation. Between the late tenth century and the late twelfth century, the musical notation known as neumes was provided in dozens of manuscripts for, among other texts, a number of Horace's Odes as well as for sections of epics by Lucan, Statius, and Vergil. These materials constitute a paradoxical corpus of "classical poems in plainchant" that complicates our views of both how students learned Latin and what was being sung in an era most often associated with Gregorian chant. The book wrestles first with the literary-historical puzzle of why certain passages and not others were "neumed" and later with the…
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