L’Improvisation polyphonique à la Renaissance

By (author) Philippe Canguilhem Series edited by Frédérique Lemerle Series edited by Yves Pauwels

Book cover: L’Improvisation polyphonique à la Renaissance

Extent: 263 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Art & Art History

Series: Arts de la Renaissance europeenne

Series volume number: 5

Language: French

Hardback (Published)

(February 2016)

ISBN: 9782812451201

6.18 x 9.49 inches

Price: $115.00

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In the Renaissance, spontaneous creation occupied an essential place in daily musical practices. With the help of varied sources (archival, theoretical, musical), this work proposes an evaluation of modalities of polyphonic improvisation from the fifteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century.


In the Renaissance, spontaneous creation occupied an essential place in daily musical practices. With the help of varied sources (archival, theoretical, musical), this work proposes an evaluation of modalities of polyphonic improvisation from the fifteenth century to the middle of the seventeenth century.

  • By (author) Philippe Canguilhem
  • Series edited by Frédérique Lemerle
  • Series edited by Yves Pauwels