Author : Jane Alden
Release : 2010
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 521/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Songs, Scribes, and Society by : Jane Alden
Download or read book Songs, Scribes, and Society written by Jane Alden. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs, Scribes, and Society explores the cultural and musical importance of five 15th-century Chansonniers - personalized, portable, and lavishly decorated songbooks - from the Loire Valley of France. Author Jane Alden treats the Chansonniers as physical artifacts to reveal their cultural context and its relationship to their commission, creation, and use.