ManMusic

ANTIQUITY
AND THE
MIDDLE AGES
From Ancient Greece to the 15th century

EDITED BYJAMES McKIN NON

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Man and music. — (A social history)
Vol. 1, Ancient and medieval.
1. Music to 1985
I. McKinnon, Jim IT. Series
780’.9

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 Contents

Illustration Acknowledgments v1
Abbreviations vil
Preface ix

I Early Western Civilisation

James McKinnon 1
II Public Music as ‘Fine Art’ in er Greece
Andrew Barker Le
Ill Christian Antiquity
James McKinnon 68
IV The Emergence of Gregorian Chant in the Carolingian Era
James McKinnon 88
Vv Plainchant Transfigured: Innovation and Reformation
through the Ages
David Hiley 120
VI The Polyphonic Music of the Medieval Motiastey,
Cathedral and University
Marion S. Gushee 143
VII Medieval England, 950—1450
Peter M. Lefferts 170
VIII Court and City in France, 1100—1300
Christopher Page 197
IX Ars Antiqua — Ars Nova—Ars Subtilior
Daniel Leech-Wilkinson 218
X Trecento Italy
Michael Long 241
XI The Close of the Middle Ages
Reinhard Strohm 269

Chronology S12
Index 330
 Illustration
Acknowledgments

The publishers would like to thank the following institutions and individuals who have
kindly provided material for use in this book.

Mansell Collection, London/Alinari, Florence: 1, 3, 23, 25, 75, 81; Rheinisches Landes-
museum, Trier: 2; Musée Condée, Chantilly (65/1284, ff.71v, lv, 158r)/Giraudon,
Paris: 5, 11, 12; Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris: 6 (lat.1, f.215v), 13 (fonds.fr.12574,
f.181v), 29, 33 (lat.1141, f.3r), 43 (lat.7211, f£.9v), 57 (Ancien Gaigniéres 2896, fr.22297,
no.31), 64 (fr.146, f.34r), 66 (fr.1586, f£.30v), 67 (fr.9221, f.l6r), 68 (fr.1584, £.D), 70
(fr.159, f£.277v), 71 (fr.616, f£.13r), 78 (Chantilly 1047, f.11v), 84 (fr.12476, f.98r); photo
Ann Minchow, Aachen: 7; photo James Austin, Cambridge: 8, 9; Courtauld Institute
of Art, London: 10, 55; Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, West Berlin:
14
(Kupferstichkabinett, 78.D.5, f.59r), 21 (Antikenmuseum); Archaeological Museum,
Heraklion/Deutsches Archdologisches Institut, Athens: 15; Frustees of the
British
Museum, London: 16, 19; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (John Michael Rodocanachi
Fund): 17; Museo Nazionale (Villa Giulia), Rome/Mansell Collection,
London/
Alinari, Florence: 18; Antikenmuseum, Basle (Sammlung Ludwig):
20; National
Archaeological Museum, Athens: 22; photo Antonello Perissinotto,
Padua: 24;
Staatsbibliothek, Bamberg: 26 (Msc.class.5, f.9v), 37 (Msc.lit.6, f.7r);
Biblioteca
Apostolica Vaticana, Rome (Reg.lat.316, f.4r): 27; Stiftsbibliothek, St Gall
(359, f.27r):
28; Oxford Illustrators: 30, 41, 56, 59, 62, 69; photo Josephine Powell,
Rome: 31;
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: 32; Gabinetto Comunale delle
Stampe, Rome: 34;
Musée du Louvre/Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris: 35; Bodleian
Library,
Oxford: 36 (lat.liturg.f.5, ff.3v, 4v), 80 (Douce 195, f.150v); British Library,
London: 38
(Cotton Caligula A.XIV, ff.3v—4r), 39 (Egerton 2615, f.50v), 42
(Additional 36881,
ff.13v—-l4r), 52 (Egerton 1151, f.47r), 53 (Egerton 3307,
f.72v), 54 (Cotton
Domit.A. XVII, f.122v), 72 (Additional 12228, f.222v), 82 (Harley
4425, f.12v); Musée
Nicéphore Niepce, Challon-sur-Sa6ne/ photo Combier: 40; Herzog
August Bibliothek,
Wolfenbiittel (Cod.Gud.lat.8.334); Bibliothéque Municipale,
Chartres: 45; Verlag
Peter Lang AG, Berne, from Paléographie Musicale, Ist ser., xvii
(1958): 46; Bildarchiv
Foto Marburg: 47; Bibliotheque Interuniversitaire, Montpellier
(H.196, f.350r): 48;
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York: 49 (M.52Ir), 61 (M.638,
f.17r); President and
Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford (CCC.489, f.9iv):
50; Governing Body,
Christ Church, Oxford (92, f.43r): 51; photo Jean Dieuzaide,
Toulouse: 58; photo
Christian Fourcade, Aix-en-Provence: 63; Musée des
Arts Décoratifs, Paris: 65;
Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence (87, ff.25v,
121v): 73, 77; Landesbibliothek,
Fulda (D.23, f.302r): 74; Rosgarten Museum, Konstanz:
79; Musée de Versailles/
Réunion des Musées Nationaux: 83; Universitatsbibliothek,
Innsbruck (B.1432): 85;
National Széchényi Library, Budapest (cod.lat.424, f.41r);
86; National Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC (Samuel H. Kress Collection): 87.

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 Abbreviations

AcM Acta musicologica

Archiv fiir Musikwissenschaft
Antiquitates musicae in Polonia
Annales musicologiques
Corpus mensurabilis musicae
E. de Coussemaker: Scriptorum de musica medti aevi nova series
(Paris, 1864—76/R1963)
Corpus scriptorum de musica
Denkmiler der Tonkunst in Osterreich
Das Erbe deutscher Musik
Early English Church Music
Early Music
Early Music History
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Journal of the American Musicological Society
Journal of Musicology
Journal of Music Theory
JPMMS Journal of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society
JRME Journal ofResearch in Music Education
KJb Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch
MB Musica britannica
MD Musica disciplina
Mf Die Musikforschung
ML Music and Letters
MMA Miscellanea musicologica
MQ Musical Quarterly
MSD Musicological Studies and Documents, ed. A. Garapetyan
(Rome, 1951-)
NOHM The New Oxford History of Music, ed. E. Wellesz,J.A. Westrup
and G. Abraham (London, 1954-—)
NRMI Nuova rivista musicale italiana
PalMus Paléographie musicale (Solesmes, 1889—)
PMFC Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century
PRMA Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association
RIM Rivista italiana di musicologia
RISM Répertoire international des sources musicales
RMS Renaissance Manuscript Studies
SMM Summa musicae medii aevi
TVNM Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse muziekgeschiedenis
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