The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass

Contents

• Preface
• Part I . The Status of the Early Polyphonic Mass:
• 1. Enlightenment and beyond
• 2. Contemporary witnesses
• Part II . The Ritual World of the Early Polyphonic Mass:
• 3. 'Faisant regretz pour ma dolente vie': piety, polyphony and musical borrowing
• 4. 'Head of the Church that is His Body': Christological imagery and the Caput Masses
• 5. Sounding armour: the sacred meaning of L'homme arme
• 6. The profane made sacred: outside texts and music in the Mass
• Part III . The Cradle of the Early Polyphonic Mass:
• 7. The shape of the Mass
• 8. Counterpoint of images, counterpoint of sounds
• Last things
• Appendices: Appendix 5
• Appendix 6.1
• Appendix 6.2
• Bibliography.