Medieval Music

Overview of music in the Middle Ages:-

• From A.D. 800 onwards (Plainchant)
• Evidence of polyphonic music (Before Winchester Troper)
• Winchester Troper and related sources
• The second stage of Western polyphonic music - Aquitanian sources and the Codex Calixtinus
• The link between Aquitanian and "Notre Dame" polyphony
• The third stage of Western polyphonic music - Magnus Liber Organi
• Clausulae, Conductus, and Motet
• English polyphonic music from St. Andrew music book
• Secular monophonies in different regions - Martin Codex, Chansonnier du Roi, Jenaer Liederhandschrift, etc.
• The fourth stage of Western polyphonic music - Codex de Montpellier, Bamberg Codex, Codex de Las Huelgas, etc.
• Polyphonic and monophonic music from La Roman de Fauval
• The emergence of cyclic mass - Codices Apt and Ivrea
• English music in the fourteenth century - the Worcester fragments and related sources
• Instrumental music in the middle ages - British Library, MS Harley 978, British Library, MS Egerton 29987, Codex Faenza, etc.
• Music in Italy in the fourteenth century - The Squarcialupi Codex, The Rossi Codex, The Lucca Codex, British Library, MS Egerton 29987, etc.
• French music in the late middle ages - The Codex T. III. 2. Turin (The Boverio Codex), The Franco Cypriot Codex, The Chantilly Manuscript, etc.
• English music since the Worcester Fragments - The Old Hall Manuscript, Trent Codices, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Canconic 213, and related sources

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