Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera / / Sarah Kay.
Focusing on songs by the troubadours and trouvères from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries, Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera contends that song is not best analyzed as "words plus music" but rather as a distinctive way of sounding words. Rather than situating them in their immedi...
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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Note on the Companion Website
- Contents of the Companion Website
- Note on Abbreviations, Quotations, Translations, and Manuscript References
- Introduction: Desiring Song—Sound, Anachrony, and Operatic Reading
- 1. Between Touch and Thought
- 2. Voice as Light
- 3. Breath of Beasts and the Ecologies of Inspiration
- 4. Animating Air
- 5. “Sweeter than a Siren”: Singing and the Balance of Enchantment
- 6. Imagining Hearing Song
- Conclusion: Il trovatore and the Future of Medieval Song
- Bibliography
- Index