Instruments and their Music in the Middle Ages
- Editor: McGee, Timothy
the introductions to each volume are excellent —
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Contents
- Contents: Introduction
- Part I Classifications and Lists of Instruments: Haut and bas: the grouping of musical instruments in the Middle Ages, Edmund A. Bowles
- German musicians and their instruments: a 14th century account by Konrad of Megenberg, Christopher Page
- Mains divers acors, Joscelyn Godwin
- 15th century instruments in Tinctoris's De Inventionae et Usu Musicae, Anthony Baines
- Some English consort-groupings of the late Middle Ages, Richard Rastall. Part II Keyboards: On the origin of the keyboard mechanism in the late Middle Ages, Edmund A. Bowles
- Toward an identification of the chekker, Edwin M. Ripin
- The capture of the chekker, David Kinsela
- The Norrlanda organ and the Ghent altarpiece, Edwin M. Ripin. Part III Plucked Strings: The trecento harp, Howard Mayer Brown
- 15th century tablatures for plucked instruments: a summary, a revision and a suggestion, David Fallows
- The 15th century lute: new and neglected sources, Christopher Page
- The medieval gittern and citole: a case of mistaken identity, Laurence Wright. Part IV Bowed Strings: The trecento fiddle and its bridges, Howard Mayer Brown
- Rebec, fiddle and crowd in England, Mary Remnant
- Rebec, fiddle and crowd in England: some further observations, Mary Remnant
- An aspect of medieval fiddle construction, Christopher Page
- Vedel and geige - fiddle and viol. German string traditions in the 15th century, Keith Polk. Part V Winds: The Renaissance slide trumpet: fact or fiction?, Peter Downey
- Slide trumpet madness: fact or fiction?, Herbert W. Myers
- The trombone, the slide trumpet and the ensemble tradition of the early Renaissance, Keith Polk
- The trompette des menestrels in the 15th-century alta capella, Ross W. Duffin
- Misleading iconography: the case of the 'Adimari Wedding Cassone', Timothy J. McGee
- Backward bells and barrel bells: some notes on the early history of loud instruments, Ross W. Duffin. Part VI Repertory: On 'instrumental style' in early melody, Lloyd Hibberd
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