The attempt to play music with the styles and instruments of its era--commonly referred to as the early music movement--has become immensely popular in recent y

Discussion of tonal structure has been one of the most problematic and controversial aspects of modern study of Medieval and Renaissance polyphony. These new es

Accompanying CD includes readings of most of the sample texts found in the book. The CD is intended to assist in interpreting the phonetic symbols, which are tr

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Features 50 compositions from early Middle Ages to mid-18th century, including a Gregorian hymn, English lute piece, operatic arias, instrumental and vocal mote