Page, performance and play in medieval transmission and reinterpretation: presence and absence in the Oxford ‘Roland’ and Guillaume de Machaut’s 'Le Livre Du Voir Dit'

Maxwell, K. and Simpson, J. (2014) Page, performance and play in medieval transmission and reinterpretation: presence and absence in the Oxford ‘Roland’ and Guillaume de Machaut’s 'Le Livre Du Voir Dit'. In: Derkert, J. (ed.) XVI Nordic Musicological Congress. Stockholm 2012. Proceedings. Stockholms Universitet, pp. 144-153. ISBN 9789197696166

Abstract

This study explores the relation between presence and absence of music in medieval manuscripts of 'sung' works as both a material fact and a thematic/ philosophical question. With this in mind, the authors explore the theme of harmony in the version of the 'Chanson de Roland' and its possible relation to ideas articulated in Calcidius' translation and commentary of the Timaeus (a copy of which makes up the other half of the Roland manuscript as well as the place and presence of music in manuscripts of Guillaume de Machaut's 'Le Livre du voir dit'.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Simpson, Dr James
• Authors: Maxwell, K., and Simpson, J.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > French
• Journal Name: Stockholm Studies in Musicology
• Publisher: Stockholms Universitet
• ISSN: 1654-1669
• ISBN: 9789197696166