Composing Community in Late Medieval Music

Contents

• Introduction;
• Part I . Music about Musicians:
• 1. Paintings about painters to music about musicians;
• 2. Miserere Supplicanti Du Fay: building community through musical devotions at Cambrai Cathedral;
• 3. Ora Pro Nobis: forms of self-reference in musical prayers for musicians;
• 4. Plorer, Gemir, Crier: musical mourning and the composer;
• Part II . Music about Music:
• 5. Paintings about painting and music about music-making;
• 6. Simple lessons? Music theory as emblem of composition;
• 7. Constructing the composer: symbolic use of the hexachord in compositions c.1500;
• 8. Conclusion.