{"title":"Manuel Pedro Ferreira","description":"\u003cp\u003eManuel Pedro Ferreira delves into the rich tapestry of medieval music, offering insightful explorations that illuminate the cultural and historical contexts of the period. His work invites readers to immerse themselves in the artistry and evolution of music from Medieval France, blending scholarly rigour with accessible prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analyses that enhance appreciation for the arts and culture of bygone eras. Ferreira’s contributions bridge the gap between academic study and passionate interest, making his books essential for those fascinated by the intersections of history, music, and cultural expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"revisiting-the-music-of-medieval-france-by-manuel-pedro-ferreira-9781138375895","title":"Revisiting the Music of Medieval France","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book presents together a number of path-breaking essays on different aspects of medieval music in France written by Manuel Pedro Ferreira, who is well known for his work on the medieval cantigas and Iberian liturgical sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first essay is a tour-de-force of detective work: an odd E-flat in two 16th-century antiphoners leads to the identification of a Gregorian responsory as a Gallican version of a seventh-century Hispanic melody. The second rediscovers a long-forgotten hypothesis concerning the microtonal character of some French 11th-century neumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the paper \"Is it polyphony?\" an even riskier hypothesis is arrived at: Do the origins of Aquitanian free organum lie on the instrumental accompaniment of newly composed devotional versus?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cistercian attitude towards polyphonic singing, mirrored in musical sources kept in peripheral nunneries, is the subject of the following essay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe intellectual and sociological nature of the Parisian motet is the central concern of the following two essays, which, after a survey of concepts of temporality in the trouvère and polyphonic repertories, establish it as the conceptual foundation of subsequent European schools of composition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is possible then to assess the real originality of Philippe de Vitry and his \u003cem\u003eArs nova\u003c\/em\u003e, which is dealt with in the following chapter. A century later, the role of Guillaume Dufay in establishing a chord-based alternative to contrapuntal writing is laboriously put into evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, an informative synthesis is offered concerning the mathematical underpinnings of musical composition in the Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607513055468,"sku":"9781138375895","price":109.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138375895-revisiting-the-music-of-medieval-france.jpg?v=1778169266"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/manuel-pedro-ferreira.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}