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Monophonic and polyphonic repertories
in the musical and musicological journals
A column of bibliographical information presented by Cecilia Luzzi
The customary updating of the articles published in the principal musical
and musicological journals on subjects connected with choral singing and the
monophonic and polyphonic repertories continues here with a survey for
2004 and part of 2005. Also included is naturally the content of journals that
are customarily issued late, as well as significant contributions from journals
that are making their first appearance in this column this year.
As in previous years, the picture that emerges from the present inquiry is
both abundant and stimulating. It is perhaps also more varied, given that we
find a larger number of articles on repertories other than those of the Middle
Ages, Renaissance and early 17th century. There is still a main focus on the
11th-16th centuries, yet our decision to widen the search to new titles (in journals
hitherto not subjected to survey) has produced interesting results. The
intention, for the future as well, is precisely to ‘unearth’ contributions devoted
to subjects connected with choral singing and more or less related themes
in journals customarily not frequented by those interested in these subjects.
As in previous surveys, it is our policy also to pursue the opportunities offered
by the internet. By now the important international journals, particularly
the British and American, are published in both forms, both on traditional
paper and online - thereby guaranteeing the widest readership, including those
who lack the opportunity of easy access to specialized music libraries. It has
to be said, however, that the web also has its ‘traps’, owing to the continual
changing of addresses of the journals that offers an online service (either the
complete publications or just the list of contents). From one year to the next
some of the sites already cited in this column are longer valid. Either the
publishers and their references have changed or the websites themselves have
been restructured with a change of address. So when referring to the contributions
mentioned in the columns of past years it is better to refer to the
address given in the most recent issue.
The ‘new entries’ this year include the journals Eighteenth-Century Music,
published by Oxford University Press, specialized in the repertories of that
century, Philomusica, published online since 2001 by the Faculty of
Musicology of Cremona (University of Pavia) and two other ‘historic’ journals,
the Cambridge Opera Journal and Tempo, respectively dedicated to the
operatic and contemporary repertories.
As for the content of the articles listed below, the range is wide indeed: it
extends from the examination of individual works or specific aspects of musi-
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