The Monophonic Lauda and the Lay Religious Confraternities of Tuscany and Umbria in the Late Middle Ages

by Cyrilla Barr

Overview

The study of popular hymnody is remote not only from contemporary experience but also from very many contemporary scholars. A great deal of this remove stems from the complicated origins and history of this important genre. The Monophonic Lauda aims to present for the first time an English study of the form, as such a text has not been available before. This also necessitates an exploration of previous scholarship on the lauda, though the book is not devoted to this particular exercise. The volume is well illustrated, including musical notation and black-and-white plates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780918720894
Publisher:	Medieval Institute Publications
Publication date:	07/01/1988
Series:	Early Drama, Art, and Music Monograph , #10
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.17(h) x (d)

About the Author

Cyrilla Barr is professor emerita and former head of musicology at the Catholic University of America.

Table of Contents

Non-Musical Documents: Laudesi Non-Musical Documents: Disciplinati Cortona 91 Magliabechiano II I 122 The Marginal Liturgy of the Disciplinati