Newly Discovered Fragments of Medieval Music

Music historian Horyna introduces three important new discoveries regarding medieval music in the Czech lands. The history of music, rarely corresponds to the true state of things, particularly in regard to the history of music of distant epochs. The process is always one of reconstruction, and its...

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Published inCzech music Vol. 21; no. 2; p. 27
Main Author Horyna, Martin
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Prague Czech Music Information 01.04.2021
Czech Music Information Centre
Subjects
History
Medieval music
Medieval period
Music history
Musicians & conductors
Musicology
Czech Republic
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Summary:Music historian Horyna introduces three important new discoveries regarding medieval music in the Czech lands. The history of music, rarely corresponds to the true state of things, particularly in regard to the history of music of distant epochs. The process is always one of reconstruction, and its resultant form is influenced by a great number of factors. The first is the number of randomly preserved sources and testimonies. The second factor is the capacity of musicologists to understand the period testimonials and mediate them to others in a comprehensible form. The third factor is the historical awareness of the period; a compendium of notions about the past that music historians actively enter into, influencing it themselves in turn.
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ISSN:1211-0264
1804-0586