Henry V and the Earliest English Carols: 1413–1440
- Author: Fallows, David
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Contents
- 1. 'Straightforward songs'
- 2. The musical repertory
- 3. Definitions and terminology: carol; burden; refrain; chorus
- 4. The musical form and the virelai forms in general
- 5. Burdens and double burdens
- 6. Fauxbourdon
- 7. Metre and rhythm
- 8. The main poetry sources
- 9. The earliest English poems in carol form
- 10. Monophony for the carol
- 11. Add. MS 5666
- 12. Awareness of the carol, 1: 1600-1890
- 13. Composers
- 14. Social context, 1: The royal court and political propaganda
- 15. Social context, 2: Orality and the polyphonic carol
- 16. Social context, 3: The notion of communal song
- 17. Awareness of the carol, 2: 1891-1901
- 18. The date and origin of Ritson
- 19. The date and origin of Egerton
- 20. The date and origin of Trinity
- 21. The date and origin of Selden
- 22. Chronology
- 23. The later carols
- 24. Binchois, Dufay and the contenance angloise
- 25. Awareness of the carol, 3: 1902-2017
- 26. 'Blessid Inglond ful of melody'