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Judith Cohen, The Six Anonymous L'Homme armé Masses
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MSD 21 Judith Cohen, The Six Anonymous L'Homme armé Masses in Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS VI E 40.
1st. ed.
1968
26 cm
80 pp.
MSD 21
978-1-59551-258-1
$23.00
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Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Foreword 9
A. The Manuscript and its Contents 11
B. The L'Homme armé Chanson and its Function in the Masses 19
C. The Compositions 25
I. The Cantus firmi 25
1. The Division of the L'Homme armé Song 25
2. The Structure of the Cantus firmi in the Masses 26
3. The Constructive Function of the C.f. 30
II. The Movements of the Masses 34
1. Internal Division 34
2. Motto Openings 35
3. The Endings 36
III. The Setting 37
1. The Function of the Individual Parts 37
2. The Grouping of the Parts 38
3. Short Canons and Imitations 40
4. Melodic Sequences 43
IV. Melodic Structure 46
V. Problems of Tonality 48
1. Determination of Tonality 48
2. The Cadences 52
3. Harmony 55
VI. The Relation between Words and Music 57
VII. Concluding Remarks about Style 59
D. The Origin of the Masses and their Dating 62
Appendix: List of L'Homme armé Compositions 72
Bibliography 75
Abbreviations 80
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