Music theorists labelled the musical art of the 1330s and 1340s as 'new' and 'modern'. A close reading of writings on music theory and the polyphonic repertory

The first study focusing on the composition of new plainchant in northern-French confraternities for masses and offices in honor of saints thought to have heali

A detailed critical and historical investigation of the development of musical notation as a powerful system of symbolic communication.

Essays on important topics in early music.

Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the M