The first large-scale study of how fifteenth-century motets were used across Western Europe, dispelling the mysteries surrounding these outstanding works.

Although medieval English music has been relatively neglected in comparison with repertoire from France and Italy, there are few classical musicians today who h

The main function of western musical notation is incidental: it prescribes and records sound. But during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, notation began

An exploration of what self-referential compositions reveal about late medieval musical networks, linking choirboys to canons and performers to theorists.

Through forty-five creative and concise essays by an international team of authors, this Cambridge History brings the fifteenth century to life for both special