[AMS-announce] ANNOUNCEMENT: "Analysis in Context," Leuven Studies in Musicology

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Dear all,

I am pleased to announce the publication of the following book, which is the initial volume of a new series, "Analysis in Context. Leuven Studies in Musicology":

"Canons and Canonic Techniques, 14th–16th Centuries: Theory, Practice, and Reception History. Proceedings of the International Conference, Leuven, 4–6 October 2005", edited by Katelijne Schiltz and Bonnie J. Blackburn. Leuven-Dudley: Peeters Publishers, 2007. ISBN: 978-90-429-1681-4. 
 
Although canons pervade music of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, they have not received proportionate attention in the musicological literature. The contributions in this book shed light on canons and canonic techniques from a wide range of perspectives, such as music theory and analysis, compositional and performance practice, palaeography and notation, as well as listening expectations and strategies. Especially in the case of riddle canons, insights from other disciplines such as literature, theology, iconography, emblematics, and philosophy have proved crucial for a better understanding and interpretation of how such pieces were created. The essays extend from the early period of canonic writing to the seventeenth century, ending with three contributions concerned with the reception history of medieval and Renaissance canons in music and writings on music from the Age of Enlightenment to the present.

For more information, see also http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=8265 (with table of contents)

Forthcoming:
"Rewriting Recent Music History. Contributions to the Development of Early Serialism 1945-1955", ed. by Mark Delaere.

With best wishes,

Katelijne Schiltz

Dr. Katelijne Schiltz
Hanselmannstr. 15
80809 München
GERMANY
katelijne.schiltz at arts.kuleuven.be