Renaissance polyphony / by Fitch, Fabrice

Table of Contents: “…Introducing Renaissance Polyphony -- Making polyphony : Sources and Practice -- Makers of Polyphony -- Pitch : an Overview -- Voice-names, ranges, and functions -- Mensural notation, duration, and meter -- Genre, Texts, Form -- 'Cantus magnus' : music for the Mass -- 'Cantus mediocris' : the motet -- 'Cantus parvus' : secular music -- Scoring, texture, scale -- Understanding musical borrowing -- Canons, puzzles, games -- Performance practice: a brief introduction.…”
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