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Music and Riddle Culture in the Renaissance
Contributor(s): Schiltz, Katelijne (Author)

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 ISBN: 1107442842     ISBN-13: 9781107442849
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Music | History & Criticism - General
Dewey: 780
LCCN: 2014038630
Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" L (1.90 lbs) 547 pages
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Throughout the Renaissance, composers often expressed themselves in a language of riddles and puzzles, which they embedded within the music and lyrics of their compositions. This is the first book on the theory, practice and cultural context of musical riddles during the period. Katelijne Schiltz focuses on the compositional, notational, practical, social and theoretical aspects of musical riddle culture c.1450-1620, from the works of Antoine Busnoys, Jacob Obrecht and Josquin des Prez to Lodovico Zacconi's manuscript collection of Canoni musicali. Schiltz reveals how the riddle both invites and resists interpretation, the ways in which riddles imply a process of transformation and the consequences of these aspects for the riddle's conception, performance and reception. Lavishly illustrated and including a comprehensive catalogue by Bonnie J. Blackburn of enigmatic inscriptions, this book will be of interest to scholars of music, literature, art history, theology and the history of ideas.

Contributor Bio(s): Schiltz, Katelijne: - Katelijne Schiltz is a professor at Universität Regensburg, Germany. The author of a book on the motets of Adrian Willaert (2003), her articles have appeared in a number of journals, including Early Music, Early Music History, Rivista italiana di musicologia, Archiv für Musikwissenschaft and the Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis. She is general editor (together with David J. Burn) of the Journal of the Alamire Foundation and a member of the editorial board of Analysis in Context. A Laureate of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts, she has won prizes from the Society for Music Theory and from the Lyrica Society for Word-Music Relations.
 
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