THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 'ARS NOVA' INTO EAST CENTRAL EUROPE: A STUDY OF LATE MEDIEVAL POLISH SOURCES. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Title
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THE INTRODUCTION OF THE 'ARS NOVA' INTO EAST CENTRAL EUROPE: A STUDY OF LATE MEDIEVAL POLISH SOURCES. (VOLUMES I AND II).
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Identifier
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AAI8423054
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identifier
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8423054
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Creator
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BREWER, CHARLES EVERETT.
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Contributor
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Raymond Erickson
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Date
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1984
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Music
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Abstract
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The spread of the ars nova notation and the new musical genres it engendered have been traced to many parts of Europe, but the East Central European sources from the later Middle Ages have remained largely unexamined by Western scholars. By studying the contents of these manuscripts from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and especially Poland, it is possible to gain some understanding of the ways in which artistic knowledge was passed from the cultural centers of Western Europe to the East.;The first part of the dissertation provides background information on the history of Poland in the Middle Ages and its relations with the West, the place of music at the University of Krakow, and the earliest polyphonic sources from East Central European that do not show the innovations of the ars nova.;The second section is a detailed study of the theoretical and practical sources for ars nova notation in Poland. The theory treatises examined are the Brzeg Anonymous, the Wroclaw Anonymous, and the writings on music by Paulus Paulirinus, in which traditional ars nova theory and repertoire has been adapted to show local variations.;Two basic repertoires are examined in the practical sources for ars nova notation from Poland and Silesia. The first is directly derived from Western sources, including manuscripts imported from the West (e.g., the Wroclaw rotulus), Western compositions copied in Poland (e.g., the works of Ciconia and Zacharius in Kras 52 and Wn 378), and the assimilation of Western styles in works by a native composer, Nicolaus de Radom. The second repertoire, which consists of compositions whose style and notation are less elegant than most Western art music, but still show the influence of the ars nova, has been termed "popular." One important source for the popular repertoire is examined in Chapter Six (PL-Kj 2464), which was copied in the milieu of the University of Krakow during the 1420's, and includes compositions attributed to the student, Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz.;The final part examines the medieval Polish sources in relation to the musical histories of medieval Bohemia and Hungary. In particular, the Polish ars nova sources will be compared with some recently discovered ars nova sources from Bohemia and Hungary. Though the focus of this study remains Poland, the comparison with Hungarian and Bohemian manuscripts throughout the dissertation demonstrates that the Polish sources are not unique, but part of a general pattern of cultural interchange between East and West in the late Middle Ages.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Music
