Music in early Franciscan thought / / by Peter V. Loewen.

• Author: Loewen, Peter Victor.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: The Medieval Franciscans 9.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Music in Early Franciscan Thought is an interdisciplinary study exploring the broad relevance of music in Franciscan hagiography, art, theology, philosophy, and preaching between the founding of the Order in 1210 and 1300—a period covering their rapid ascendancy in medieval society as an Order of clerics. The book covers representations of music in visual and literary hagiography, the inspiration of Pope Innocent III, and the formative writings of William of Middleton and David von Augsburg. Later chapters examine the science and practice of music and its relevance to the ministry of preaching through the writings of Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, Bartholomaeus Anglicus, and Juan Gil de Zamora.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Peter V. Loewen -- Introduction / Peter V. Loewen -- Music and Preaching in the Life of St. Francis of Assisi / Peter V. Loewen -- Music and the Narrative of Penance in Lotario dei Segni’s De missarum mysteriis / Peter V. Loewen -- William of Middleton’s Opusculum super missam: Musical Instruction for Simple Priests and Clerics / Peter V. Loewen -- David von Ausburg: Music for the Outer and Inner Human / Peter V. Loewen -- Robert Grosseteste on Music, Science, and the Cura animarum / Peter V. Loewen -- Roger Bacon on the Science of Music and Preaching / Peter V. Loewen -- Bartholomaeus Anglicus on Music and Preaching in De proprietatibus rerum / Peter V. Loewen -- The Ars musica of Juan Gil de Zamora: Musical Expression and Instruments of the Reconquista / Peter V. Loewen -- Conclusion / Peter V. Loewen -- Bibliography / Peter V. Loewen -- Index / Peter V. Loewen.