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EIGHT CENTURIES OF TROUBADOURS
AND TROUVERES`
This book traces the changing interpretation oftroubadour and
trouvere` music, a repertoire ofsongs which have essfullymain-
tained public interest for eight centuries, from the medieval chan-
sonniers to contemporary rap renditions. A study oftheir reception
therefore serves to illustrate the development of the modern concept
of‘medieval music’. Important stages include sixteenth-century anti-
quarianism, the Enlightenment synthesis ofscholarly and popular
traditions, and the infusion of archaeology and philology in the nine-
teenth century, leading to more recent theories on medieval rhythm.
More often than not, writers and performers have negotiated -
promise between historical research and a more imaginative approach
to envisioning the music ofthe troubadours and trouveres.` This book
points not so much to a resurrection ofmedieval music in modern
times as to a continuous tradition ofinterpreting these songs over
eight centuries.
john haines holds a Canada Research Chair at the University of
Toronto, where he teaches at the Faculty ofMusic and the Centre for
Medieval Studies. His primary areas ofresearch are thirteenth-century
monophony and its reception, and he has published related articles in
Revue d’Histoire du Th´eatreˆ, Early Music History and other journals.
cambridge musical texts and monographs
General editors: John Butt and Laurence Dreyfus
This series has as its centres ofinterest the history ofperformanceand the
history ofinstruments. It includes annotated translations ofauthentic
historical texts on music and monographs on various aspects ofhistorical
performance and instrument history
Recent titles
John Butt
Bach Interpretation: Articulation Marks in the Sources
of J. S. Bach
Nicholas Thistlethwaite
The Making of the an
Christopher Page (trans. and ed.)
Summa musice: A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers
Ardal Powell