The Cultural Life of the Early Polyphonic Mass : Medieval Context to Modern Revival (Hardcover)

Preface; Part I. The Status of the Early Polyphonic Mass: 1. Enlightenment and beyond; 2. Contemporary witnesses; Part II. The Ritual World of the Early Polyphonic Mass: 3. 'Faisant regretz pour ma dolente vie': piety, polyphony and musical borrowing; 4. 'Head of the Church that is His Body': Christological imagery and the Caput Masses; 5. Sounding armour: the sacred meaning of L'homme arme; 6. The profane made sacred: outside texts and music in the Mass; Part III. The Cradle of the Early Polyphonic Mass: 7. The shape of the Mass; 8. Counterpoint of images, counterpoint of sounds; Last things; Appendices: Appendix 5; Appendix 6.1; Appendix 6.2; Bibliography.