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Late medieval motet texts are brimming with chimeras, centaurs and other strange creatures. In The Monstrous New Art, Anna Zayaruznaya explores the musical ramifications of this menagerie in the works of composers Guillaume de Machaut, Philippe de Vitry, and their contemporaries. Aligning the larger forms of motets with the broad sacred and secular themes of their texts, Zayaruznaya shows how monstrous or hybrid exempla are musically sculpted by rhythmic and textural means. These divisive musical procedures point to the contradictory aspects not only of explicitly monstrous bodies, but of such apparently unified entities as the body politic, the courtly lady, and the Holy Trinity. Zayaruznaya casts a new light on medieval modes of musical representation, with profound implications for broader disciplinary narratives about the history of text-music relations, the emergence of musical unity, and the ontology of the musical work.

Motets --- Choruses --- Part songs --- Part songs, Sacred --- History and criticism. --- Vitry, Philippe de, --- Guillaume,

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During the lifetime of Guillaume Du Fay (c. 1400-1474) the motet underwent a profound transformation. Because of the protean nature of the motet during this period, problems of definition have always stood in the way of a full understanding of this crucial shift. Through a comprehensive survey of the surviving repertory, Julie Cumming shows that the motet is best understood on the level of the subgenre. She employs new ideas about categories taken from cognitive psychology and evolutionary theory to illuminate the process by which the subgenres of the motet arose and evolved. One important finding is the nature and extent of the crucial role that English music played in the genre's transformation. Cumming provides a close reading of many little-known pieces; she also shows how Du Fay's motets were the product of sophisticated experimentation with generic boundaries.

Music --- anno 1400-1499 --- Motets --- -Choruses --- Part songs --- Part songs, Sacred --- History and criticism --- Dufay, Guillaume. --- Dufay, Guillelmus --- Du Fay, Guillaume --- Du Fayt, Guillaume --- -History and criticism --- Motet --- Dufay, Guillaume, --- Choruses --- 15th century --- Dufay, Guillaume --- History and criticism.

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During the sixteenth century, the traditional act of dedicating a text took on a new meaning due to the wider dissemination of the printed book. As the dedication and other paratexts thus became an almost indispensable part of the publication, they merit careful examination by those who study the presentation and impact of any printed work in its context. Paratexts bridge the gap between the outside World of the reading public and the enclosed world of the book, and often present biographical information concerning the persons involved in the making of the book. In the present volume, general

Classical Latin literature --- Music --- anno 1500-1599 --- Dedications --- Motets --- Latin literature, Medieval and modern --- History and criticism --- Academic collection --- 870.9004 --- Literature Latin 1350 --- -Conferences - Meetings --- dedications [documents] --- Book dedications --- Books --- Dedications (in books) --- Authorship --- Choruses --- Part songs --- Part songs, Sacred --- -Dedications --- Conferences - Meetings --- neo-Latin [language] --- 16th century --- Congresses --- Latin literature [Medieval and modern ] --- Dedications - Congresses --- Motets - History and criticism - 16th century --- muziekdruk --- Littérature latine médiévale et moderne --- Musique --- History and criticism. --- Édition. --- Édition

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Devotion to Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of the Virgin Mary, reached its height in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. Until now, Anne's reception history and political symbolism during this period have been primarily discussed through the lens of art history. This is the first study to explore the music that honoured the saint and its connections to some of the most prominent court cultures of western Europe. Michael Alan Anderson examines plainchant and polyphonic music for Saint Anne, in sources both familiar and previously unstudied, to illuminate not only Anne's wide-ranging intercessional capabilities but also the political force of the music devoted to her. Whether viewed as a fertility aide, wise mother, or dynastic protector, she modelled a number of valuable roles that rulers reflected in the music of their devotional programmes to project their noble lineage and prestige.

Music --- Anne [s.] --- anno 1500-1599 --- Motets --- Masses --- Sacred vocal music --- Church music --- Messes --- Musique vocale sacrée --- Musique d'église --- History and criticism --- Catholic Church --- Histoire et critique --- Eglise catholique --- Anne --- Musique vocale sacrée --- Musique d'église --- Catholic Church. --- Liturgical music --- Pastoral music (Sacred) --- Vocal music, Sacred --- Sacred music --- Vocal music --- Choruses --- Part songs --- Part songs, Sacred --- Masses (Mixed voices) --- Communion service music --- Religious music --- Devotional exercises --- Liturgics --- Music in churches --- Psalmody --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Ana --- Ann --- Anna --- Anne, --- Songs and music --- History and criticism. --- (Mother of the Virgin Mary)