Description
The Language of the Modes
Studies in the History of Polyphonic Modality
Criticism and Analysis of Early Music Series
Author: Wiering Frans
Language: EnglishKeywords
polyphonic; modality; octave; species; plagal; tonal; type; interval; modal; cycles; Polyphonic Modality; Octave Species; IOI; Plagal Mode; Johannes De Garlandia; Interval Species; Antonio Gardano; Pietro Pontio; Tonal Types; Stile Antico; Johannes De Grocheo; Polyphonic Composition; Omnis Cantus; Berkeley Manuscript; Modal Cycles; Greater Perfect System; Liber De Natura; Magnificat Cycle; Free Cycles; Non-technical Attributes; Missa Sine Nomine; Plainchant Modality; Mensural Notation; Johannes Tinctoris; Tonus Peregrinus
Publication date: 03-2015
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 10-2001
· 15.2x22.9 cm · Hardback
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The Language of the Modes provides a study of modes in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. The volume codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. For many music students and listeners, the "language of the modes" is a deep mystery, accustomed as we are to centuries of modern harmony. Wiering demystifies the modal world, showing how composers and performers were able to use this structure to create compelling and beautiful works. This book will be an invaluable source to scholars of early music and music theory. in early music through eight essays, each dealing with a different aspects of modality. It codifies all known theoretical references to mode, all modally ordered musical sources, and all modally cyclic compositions. This book will be an invaluable source to scholars of early music.
Frans Wiering earned a Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of Amsterdam in 1995. Wiering is currently on the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Utrecht and is active in projects to digitize music sources, making them available on-line. He lives in Utrecht, the Netherlands.