Malmariee in the thirteenth-century motet

Author:: Pesce, Dolores
Published:: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
Copyright Date:: ©2022
Physical Description:: 1 online resource

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This monograph offers a comprehensive study of the topos of the malmarie or the unhappily married woman within the thirteenth-century motet repertory, a vocal genre characterized by several different texts sounding simultaneously over a foundational Latin chant. Part I examines the malmarie motets from three vantage points: (1) in light of contemporaneous canonist views on marriage; (2) to what degree the French malmarie texts in the upper voices treat the messages inherent in the underlying Latin chant through parody and/or allegory; and (3) interactions among upper-voice texts that invite additional interpretations focused on gender issues. Part II investigates the transmission profile of the motets, as well as of their refrains, revealing not only intertextual refrain usage between the motets and other genres, but also a significant number of shared refrains between malmarie motets and other motets. Part II furthermore offers insights on the chronology of composition within a given intertextual refrain nexus, and examines how a refrain's meaning can change in a new context. Finally, based on the transmission profile, Part II argues for a lively interest in the topos in the 1270s and 1280s, both through composition of new motets and compilation of earlier ones, with Paris and Arras playing a prominent role.

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9781000826616 electronic book
1000826619 electronic book
9781003335405 electronic book
1003335403 electronic book
9781000826579 electronic book
1000826570 electronic book
103237120X
9781032371207

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