Cantio, Lied or Chanson? The Strahov Codex as a 15th Century Song Treasury

• Authors: Lenka Hlávková-Mráčková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A large number of songs have been preserved in the Strahov Codex (ca. 1465/67–1470), an important collection of polyphony from the latter half of the fifteenth century. These songs were once generally regarded as cantiones in Latin or as instrumental compositions, but a detailed study of this repertoire shows that the manuscript is an important source of secular compositions, and especially of chansons. Most of these songs have been preserved only in this manuscript. Questions remain as to when they were composed and how they found their way into a manuscript that originated in one of the Catholic regions of Bohemia.

Keywords

EN

music; musicology

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Hudební věda (Musicology)
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 259-270

Contributors

author

Lenka Hlávková-Mráčková

• Hudební věda, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Puškinovo nám. 9, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic