Johannes de Grocheio, Ars musice

Constant J. Mews is a Professor at Monash University, whose research interests include medieval philosophy, religion, and culture. John N. Crossley is a Professor Emeritus at Monash University. Catherine Jeffreys is an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University. Leigh McKinnon is a PhD student at Monash University. Carol J. Williams is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, specializing in medieval music.

Book cover: Johannes de Grocheio, Ars musice

Extent: 180 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: TEAMS Varia

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 2011)

ISBN: 9781580441650

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $19.95

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Hardback (Out of print)

(October 2011)

ISBN: 9781580441643

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(October 2011)

ISBN: 9781580441872

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Ars musice, composed in Paris during the late thirteenth century, reflects Johannes de Grocheio’s awareness of the complexity of the task of describing music. As the editors note in their introduction, “Grocheio is aware of the enormous range of types of music performed in different ways in different places. How can he impose order on this enormous subject matter? He decided to resolve this question by structuring his discussion around the practice of music that he observed in the city of Paris, organized into three main ‘branches’: music of the people (musica vulgalis), composite or regular, ‘which they call measured music’ (musica mensurata), and ecclesiastical music (musica ecclesiastica), which he claims derives from the other two (AM 6.2). The originality of Grocheio’s treatise has attracted considerable scholarly interest. It has long been recognized as a unique source of information about musical life in medieval Paris. Through his treatise, Grocheio enables a modern reader to become aware of the complex auditory environment of that city in the late thirteenth century as well as of its intellectual vitality at a particularly vibrant moment in its history.”

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Outline of the Ars musice Ars musice: Text and Translation Lexicon Works Cited Index of Names, Works, and Places, Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Outline of the Ars musice
Ars musice: Text and Translation
Lexicon
Works Cited
Index of Names, Works, and Places

  • By (author) Johannes de Grocheio
  • Edited and translated by Constant J. Mews
  • Edited and translated by John N. Crossley
  • Edited and translated by Catherine Jeffreys
  • Edited and translated by Leigh McKinnon
  • Edited and translated by Carol J. Williams