L’Improvisation polyphonique a la Renaissance

by Philippe Canguilhem

Book cover: L’Improvisation polyphonique a la Renaissance

Extent: 263 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Early Modern & Renaissance Studies, Music & Performing Arts

Series: Arts de la Renaissance europeenne

Series volume number: 5

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(February 2016)

ISBN: 9782812451195

Price: $46.00

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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.

  • By (author) Philippe Canguilhem