January 1, 2024
Early Music in the West
Contents Title page Dedication PROVISIONAL Information for Mac Users [2025-11-28] Table of Contents Foreword Production Notes Introduction Historical Preface Selected General Bibliography I. Chapter 1 – Legacy of the Ancient World A) The Cultivation of Music in Ancient Greece and Rome B) Traditions of Greek Musical Theory C) Music in Ancient Philosophy Chapter 1 – Summary and Bibliography II. Chapter 2 – Foundations of Christian Plainchant 5. A) Political and Ecclesiastical Conditions of Early Christianity B) Liturgy and Music of the Early Western Church C) The Liturgical Hours (Office) D) The Mass of the Roman Rite E) Regional Dialects of Latin Plainchant Chapter 2 – Summary and Bibliography III. Chapter 3 – Frankish Sacred Monophony and its Lineage 11. A) Cultural Revival under Charlemagne B) Plainchant Notation and Theory C) Sacred Music in Frankish Lands D) Music in a Romanesque Culture (Tenth and Eleventh Centuries) Chapter 3 – Summary and Bibliography IV. Chapter 4 – Traditions of Secular Monophony (to c. 1300) 16. A) Cultivation of Secular Latin Monophony in the Earlier Middle Ages (to c. 1100) B) Occitan Culture, The Cult of Courtly Love, and the Troubadours C) Extensions of the Troubadour Ideal D) Instrumental and Dance Music of the Middle Ages (to c. 1300) Chapter 4 – Summary and Bibliography V. Chapter 5 – Early Development of Polyphony (c. 775–1175) 21. A) Theory and Practice of Polyphony in the First Millennium B) Romanesque Polyphony C) The Emerging Notre-Dame School Chapter 5 – Summary and Bibliography VI. Chapter 6 – Ars Antiqua: Mensural Polyphony of the Notre-Dame School 25. A) Ecclesiastical, Intellectual, and Artistic Circles in High-Medieval France B) Sources, Genres, and Technical Issues of Gothic Polyphony C) Developments in the Thirteenth-Century Motet Chapter 6 – Summary and Bibliography VII. Chapter 7 – Ars Nova and the Fourteenth Century 29. A) Disasters, Discords, and Renewals of the 1300s B) Ars Nova—New Approaches to Musical Art after 1300 C) Repertoires and Practical Manifestations of the French Ars Nova Chapter 7 – Summary and Bibliography VIII. Chapter 8 – Cultural Crosscurrents in Late-Medieval Music 33. A) Political and Ecclesiastical Conditions in Western Europe approaching 1400 B) Late-Medieval Polyphony in Areas outside France C) French Ars Subtilior— Repertoire, Influences, and Aesthetic Outlook D) International Trends and Regional Musical Styles in the Early Fifteenth Century Chapter 8 – Summary and Bibliography IX. Epilogue X. List of Works Cited Appendix A – Historical Timelines of Medieval Era Appendix B – List of Recorded Examples and Scores Appendix C – Illustration Citations Appendix D- Alternative Text for Figures About the Author