Polyphony in Medieval Paris: The Art of Composing with Plainchant

Contents

• List of figures
• List of tables
• List of musical examples
• Acknowledgements
• Manuscript sigla
• Abbreviations
• A note on transcriptions and numbering systems
• Introduction
• 1. Plainchant in polyphony: the gradual Propter Veritatem in organa, clausulae and motets
• 2. Mini clausulae and the Magnus Liber Organi
• 3. Texting clausulae: repetition and regularity on the Regnat tenor
• 4. Transcribing motets: vernacular refrain melodies in Magnus Liber clausulae
• 5. Framing motets: quoting and crafting refrains against plainchant tenors
• 6. Intertextuality, song and female voices in motets on a Saint Elizabeth of Hungary tenor
• 7. From Florence to Fauvel: re-reading musical paradigms through a long-lived Iohanne motet
• 8. Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Index.