Subject: Music--500-1400--History and criticism

Medieval music and the art of memory
AuthorBerger, Anna Maria Busse
PlaceBerkeley
PublisherUniversity of California Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
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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ISBN0520240286
LCCN2004016542