Thomas Forrest Kelly

Gebundenes Buch

Melisma

Wordless Song in Medieval Chant

Beschreibung

This is the first book about melismas, or long melodies sung to a single vowel. Using the evidence of medieval creative minds, Thomas Forrest Kelly uncovers the melisma as a phenomenon, how it works, how melismas appear when they are written in chant, and how they function as part of a text and as part of a song.

Autor

Thomas Forrest Kelly is Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, Emeritus at Harvard University, where he taught until his retirement; he previously taught at Oberlin College, the Five Colleges, and Wellesley College. His published work includes several volumes for general audiences and more specialized studies on aspects of medieval music. He was the founding director of the Castle Hill Festival and served as President of Early Music America, for whose magazine he has written a quarterly column for twenty years. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of North Carolina and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Medieval Academy of America. He is also a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et Lettres of the French Republic, and an honorary citizen of the city of Benevento.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 180mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780197763483
• ISBN-10: 0197763480
• Artikelnr.: 73658856