{"product_id":"summa-musice-a-thirteenth-century-manual-for-singers-paperback-9780521036023","title":"Summa Musice; A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521036023","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSumma Musice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eChristopher Page's 1991 book provides an edition of the Latin text taken from the only surviving original copy, together with an English translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristopher Page (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521036023, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 May 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...provides a refreshing view of medieval sacred music.\"   Choral Journal\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHow did medieval musicians learn to perform? How did they compose? What was their sense of the history and purpose of music? The Summa musice, a treatise on practical music from c.1200, sheds light on all these questions. It is a manual for young singers who are learning Gregorian chant for the first time, and provides a compact but comprehensive introduction to notation, performance and composition, written in a mixture of Latin prose and verse. More than that, however, it is also an introduction to medieval culture: what educated people believed to be worth knowing about music, how they reasoned when they discussed musical questions, the nature of musical thought and how it was expressed. Christopher Page's 1991 book provides an edition of the Latin text taken from the only surviving original copy, together with an English translation. Both texts are copiously annotated and introduced by an authoritative and illuminating editorial commentary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Intervallic notation in the Summa musice\u003cbr\u003e 1. The authorship of the treatise\u003cbr\u003e 2. The scope and character of the treatise\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sources and metrics\u003cbr\u003e 4. The text and the edition\u003cbr\u003e Summa musice: the translation\u003cbr\u003e Summa musice: the text\u003cbr\u003e Textual notes and rejected readings\u003cbr\u003e Sources, parallels, citations and allusions\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Annotated catalogue of chants\u003cbr\u003e Index auctorum.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Music: styles \u0026amp; genres [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music: styles \u0026amp; genres\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music:%20styles%20\u0026amp;%20genres%20%5BAVG%5D%22\"\u003eAVG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005360034072,"sku":"9780521036023","price":47.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521036023i_a9161d3f-a18d-45ee-9ff7-67ca9e2cce43.jpg?v=1694968348","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/summa-musice-a-thirteenth-century-manual-for-singers-paperback-9780521036023","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}