Ars Antiqua: Organum, Conductus, Motet (Music in Medieval Europe)

by EdwardH.Roesner (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $288.37

  The ars antiqua began to be mentioned in writings about music in the early decades of the fourteenth century, where it was cited along with references to a more modern 'art', an ars nova. This title features essays that address one or more of the issues regarding ars antiqua polyphony-questions relating to the nature and definition of genre.