Author: Berger, Anna Maria Busse

Medieval music and the art of memory
Date2005
Publish_locationBerkeley
PublisherUniversity of California Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberML172.B43 2005d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [xvi, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.]
NoteMedieval music and the art of memory / Anna Maria Busse Berger.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-279) and index.

Prologue : the first great dead white male composer -- The construction of the memorial archive -- Tonaries : a tool for memorizing chant -- Basic theory treatises -- The memorization of organum, discant, and counterpoint treatises -- Compositional process in polyphonic music -- Compositional process and transmission of Notre Dame polyphony -- Visualization and the composition of polyphonic music.
Available online at ebrary via USF Gleeson Library.
Local access [Berger - Medieval music memory.pdf]

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SubjectMemory Memory techniques (Mnemonics) Music--500-1400--History and criticism Music--15th century--History and criticism Composition (Music)--History
ISBN0520240286
LCCN2004016542