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Latin and Music in the Early Modern Era
Education, Theory, Composition, Performance and Reception
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Situating the close relationship between Latin and music within its historical context, this volume presents an overview of Latin and music in the educational system of the time â schools, choir schools and universities â and the development and pervasive influence of musical humanism. This influence is seen primarily in the writings of music theorists, the documents of dedication found in music publications and above all in the settings of classical and Neo-Latin texts as well as in some liturgical and extra-liturgical ones. Discussion of this repertoire forms the centre of the volume. The emphasis is on practical matters: the study of Latin and music, and the musicâs composition, performance and reception.
Robert Forgács (Ph.D. 1997, University of New South Wales), is musicologist and Neo-Latinist. He is the author of Dresslerâs Praecepta musicae poeticae (Illinois, 2007), and has published widely on Dressler, Philomathes, Orlando di Lasso, and music for 18th-century Neo-Latin Drama.
''Scholars from disciplines as diverse as music history, music theory and composition, classical reception, Renaissance and early modern history, Latin philology and literature as well as Catholic and Protestant theology (especially liturgy) will find this little volume on Latin and Music in the Early Modern Era instructive and enriching. [...] Forgácsâ work constitutes a solid piece of scholarship that contributes a valuable introduction to a little-studied subject which deserves due attention in the disciplines listed at the outset.'' Andreas Kramarz BMCR 2022.02.05
Latin and Music in the Early Modern Era
âEducation, Theory, Composition, Performance and Reception
Abstract
Keywords
â1âIntroduction
â2âBackground: Ancient Roman, Early Christian and Medieval Music
â3âMusic and Latin in Early Modern Education: The Development and Pervasive Influence of Musical Humanism
â4âMusical Settings of Classical Verse: Case Studies
â5âMusic in Neo-Latin Drama: Germany and Austria
â6âMusical Settings of Liturgical and Extra-Liturgical Latin Texts and Their Context: The Mass and the Canonical Hours: Case Studies
â7âConclusion
â8âFuture Research
â8âReferences
â8âIndex
All interested in the history of the relationship between Latin and Music in the early modern era.