Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music
- Author: Lundberg, Mattias
Lundberg has widened the field of knowledge beyond anything previous, surely leaving as mere addenda any future contributions to the topic —
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Contents
- Contents: Preface
- Theory, method and conventions
- Historical background of the tonus peregrinus in monophonic practice
- Singled out as a model: the tonus peregrinus in polyphony before 1500
- The role of the tonus peregrinus in the extended modal systems of Glareanus and Zarlino
- The rise of an idiom: the tonus peregrinus in French court liturgies of the 16th century
- Ambitious obbligo or lack of invention: the tonus peregrinus in Italian-speaking areas during the 16th century
- Liberty with rigour: the tonus peregrinus in 16th-century Iberian music
- Total thematicism and multi-texted motets: the tonus peregrinus in 16th-century Roman Catholic liturgies of Northern and Central Europe
- Mit Szonderlicher Ziemlicher Weisz: the tonus peregrinus in 16th-century Lutheranism
- In Faburden and upon Faburden: the tonus peregrinus in 16th-century English liturgies
- One applied and one discreet method: the tonus peregrinus in Roman Catholicism 1600-1750
- A hand-maiden of many different voices: the tonus peregrinus in Lutheranism 1600-1750
- The continuing tradition: the tonus peregrinus in music after 1750
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- General index.