Patterns in Play: A Model for Text Setting in the Early French Songs of Guillaume Dufay [Hardcover]

Graeme M. Boone (Author)

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Hardcover: 326 pages
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press (July 1 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803212356
ISBN-13: 978-0803212350
Product Dimensions: 2.6 x 2.1 x 0.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,062,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #28 in Books > Entertainment > Music > Musical Genres > Medieval

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The relationship between text and music is a central issue in fifteenth-century music studies. Decades of research and performance have failed to provide clear answers to the most basic questions, such as which notes go with which syllables and why. Patterns in Play focuses on the early French songs of Guillaume Dufay and proposes a basis for determining some rules of common procedure for interpreting both underlay and style.

Graeme M. Boone examines questions of rhythm and declamation, considering mensuration, linguistic and poetic prosody, and prosody in song. The first three chapters comprise a set of discussions preliminary to close rhythmic analysis of Dufay’s texted song melodies. Beginning with mensural rhythm and proceeding to poetics and the relationship between Dufay’s poetic and musical rhythms and musical declamation, Boone examines the musical features of rhythm, melody, tonal organization, counterpoint, text setting, and text expression. Offering fresh insight into the issues he raises, Boone clarifies the relationship between underlay and style and provides a better understanding of the technical and aesthetic issues that Dufay and other composers faced in weaving their patterns of song.

About the Author

Graeme M. Boone is an associate professor of music at Ohio State University. He is the editor of Essays on Medieval Music in Honor of David G. Hughes and, with John Covach, of Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Groundbreaking work on the subject, Mar 18 2008

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This review is from: Patterns in Play: A Model for Text Setting in the Early French Songs of Guillaume Dufay (Hardcover)

Read some of the reviews for the book and see how it makes an important contribution to the field of musicology and text setting. Boone has more work on test interpretation and linguistics, which flesh out this book as well. Witnessing a number of graduate students internationally who are basing their work on Boone's thesis, it is clear this is a valuable work worthy of your time if you are interested in this field of musicology.

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