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Books by Manuel Pedro Ferreira
Livro/CD, com pequena antologia de cantigas (incluindo tradução para o Português atual), saído co... more Livro/CD, com pequena antologia de cantigas (incluindo tradução para o Português atual), saído com o jornal Publico a 27 de janeiro de 2015
A obra Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas: corpus integral profano, coordenada por Graça Videi... more A obra Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas: corpus integral profano, coordenada por Graça Videira Lopes, uma coedição entre a Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (BNP), o Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM) e o Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM), foi lançada no dia 30 de janeiro de 2017, sendo apresentada por Xosé Ramón Pena, especialista em língua e literatura galega.
Diplomatic edition of the musical notation in the three notated medieval MSS that contain Cantiga... more Diplomatic edition of the musical notation in the three notated medieval MSS that contain Cantigas de Santa Maria (13th century), in three volumes (one per MS), each with Portuguese and English versions in separate tomes; with introduction, tables and indices.
Dir. Manuel Pedro Ferreira, musicography by Rui Araújo, collaboration of Ana Gaunt and Mariana Lima. Lisboa: CESEM, 2017 [e-book], 3 volumes (2 tomes each): Vol. I: Códice de Toledo (pt) ISBN 978-989-99975-0-9 / Toledo MS. (en) ISBN 978-989-99975-1-6 (198 pp.) Vol. II: Códice Rico (pt) ISBN 978-989-99975-4-7 /Códice Rico (en) ISBN 978-989-99975-5-4 (306 pp.). Vol. III: Códice dos Músicos (pt) ISBN 978-989-99975-2-3 / Códice de los Músicos (en) ISBN 978-989-99975-3-0 (498 pp.)
Historical survey of music in the West of the Iberian Peninsula (448-1578), with musical examples... more Historical survey of music in the West of the Iberian Peninsula (448-1578), with musical examples and selected colour plates of notated manuscripts, by Manuel Pedro Ferreira; followed by an Anthology of musical compositions from the same period, transcribed by Manuel Pedro Ferreira and his collaborators: João Pedro d'Alvarenga, Bernadette Nelson, Nuno Miranda, Owen Rees, Tess Knighton, João Vaz & Sílvia Seixas Rodrigues.
Catalogue of exhibition at the Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães (northern Portugal), opened fr... more Catalogue of exhibition at the Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães (northern Portugal), opened from Nov. 16, 2012, through March 31, 2013.
Initial pages.
Contents: The Lamentation of Asterix: "Conclusit vias meas inimicus"; The Cluny Gradual: its nota... more Contents: The Lamentation of Asterix: "Conclusit vias meas inimicus"; The Cluny Gradual: its notation and melodic character; Is it polyphony?; New light on St Bernard's chant reform: Guido of Eu and the earliest Cistercian choirbooks; Early Cistercian polyphony: a newly-discovered source; Mesure et temporalité: vers l'ars nova; L'identité di motet parisien; Compositional calculation in Philippe de Vitry; Dufay in analysis, or - who invented the triad?; Proportions in ancient and medieval music; Indexes.
The 16th-century Elvas songbook is one of the richest sources of secular Iberian polyphonic song.... more The 16th-century Elvas songbook is one of the richest sources of secular Iberian polyphonic song. The introduction to the facsimile (Portuguese / English) analyses its contents (several layers of repertory), discusses the history of musicological studies and editions and evaluates the published transcriptions.
Papers by Manuel Pedro Ferreira
La rima tra filologia, metrica e musica dal Medioevo al Rinascimento , 2023
This is a comprehensive analysis of the musical approach to rhyme in the repertoire, demonstratin... more This is a comprehensive analysis of the musical approach to rhyme in the repertoire, demonstrating the importance of medial accents and exploring text-setting anomalies that suggest melodic borrowing and allow the identification of possible models. Includes newly-made musical transcriptions from the original manuscripts for most of the Cantigas discussed.
Olhares sobre a História da Música em Portugal, 2015
A historical overview of music in Portugal up to the end of the 15th century
Martin Codax: a história que a música conta, 2018
The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible perspe... more The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible perspectives. The author discusses the most recent, relevant contributions, namely by William Paden. Then he tries to ascertain which musical traits in these cantigas might point to an earlier style of women's song symbolized by amigo ("boyfriend") and related keywords. After invoking the impact of gender studies on the interpretation of the cantiga de amigo, as evaluated by Alan Deyermond, the author presents and discusses the different views on the style of the melodies voiced since their discovery a century ago. An excursus explores differences between cantigas II and III and the remaining, and the metrics of the latter, with reference to recent work by Stephen Parkinson and Rip Cohen; a new musical edition is proposed for these two (and also, in passing, for cantiga V). Finally, those stylistic aspects that in the Vindel MS may betray an earlier tradition, in contrast to those that can be attributed to the artistic initiative of Galician jongleurs, are tentatively identified. ENGLISH TRANSLATION (2023)
Oxford Music Online, 2001
The Vindel Parchment and Martin Codax / O Pergamiño Vindel e Martin Codax, 2018
Medievalista online, 2018
The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible, persp... more The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible, perspectives. The author discusses the most recent and relevant contributions, namely by William Paden. Then he tries to ascertain which musical traits in these cantigas might point to an earlier style of women's song symbolized by the“boyfriend” and related keywords. After invoking the impact of gender studies on the interpretation of the cantiga de amigo, as evaluated by Alan Deyermond, the author presents and discusses the different views on the style of the melodies voiced since their discovery a century ago. An excursus explores differences between cantigas II and III and the remaining, and the metrics of the latter, with reference to a recent work byStephen Parkinson and Rip Cohen; a new musical edition is proposed for these two (and also, in passing, for cantiga V). Finally, those stylistic aspects that in the Vindel MS
may betray an earlier tradition, in contrast to those that can be attributed to the artistic initiative of Galician jongleurs, are tentatively identified.
Revista Portuguesa De Musicologia, Nov 17, 2014
Presentation of thematic dossier on the Cantigas de Santa Maria published in this volume of the R... more Presentation of thematic dossier on the Cantigas de Santa Maria published in this volume of the Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia (written as invited editor).
Revista Portuguesa De Musicologia, 2002
The Versus written by Adhémar de Chabannes for the new apostolic liturgy of St. Martial at Limoge... more The Versus written by Adhémar de Chabannes for the new apostolic liturgy of St. Martial at Limoges in the early 11th.century is thoroughly analyzed and provocatively interpreted, with paleographical support, as an instance of experimental polyphonic practice — involving a solo voice and a self-accompanying instrument.
Livro/CD, com pequena antologia de cantigas (incluindo tradução para o Português atual), saído co... more Livro/CD, com pequena antologia de cantigas (incluindo tradução para o Português atual), saído com o jornal Publico a 27 de janeiro de 2015
A obra Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas: corpus integral profano, coordenada por Graça Videi... more A obra Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas: corpus integral profano, coordenada por Graça Videira Lopes, uma coedição entre a Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (BNP), o Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM) e o Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM), foi lançada no dia 30 de janeiro de 2017, sendo apresentada por Xosé Ramón Pena, especialista em língua e literatura galega.
Diplomatic edition of the musical notation in the three notated medieval MSS that contain Cantiga... more Diplomatic edition of the musical notation in the three notated medieval MSS that contain Cantigas de Santa Maria (13th century), in three volumes (one per MS), each with Portuguese and English versions in separate tomes; with introduction, tables and indices.
Dir. Manuel Pedro Ferreira, musicography by Rui Araújo, collaboration of Ana Gaunt and Mariana Lima. Lisboa: CESEM, 2017 [e-book], 3 volumes (2 tomes each): Vol. I: Códice de Toledo (pt) ISBN 978-989-99975-0-9 / Toledo MS. (en) ISBN 978-989-99975-1-6 (198 pp.) Vol. II: Códice Rico (pt) ISBN 978-989-99975-4-7 /Códice Rico (en) ISBN 978-989-99975-5-4 (306 pp.). Vol. III: Códice dos Músicos (pt) ISBN 978-989-99975-2-3 / Códice de los Músicos (en) ISBN 978-989-99975-3-0 (498 pp.)
Historical survey of music in the West of the Iberian Peninsula (448-1578), with musical examples... more Historical survey of music in the West of the Iberian Peninsula (448-1578), with musical examples and selected colour plates of notated manuscripts, by Manuel Pedro Ferreira; followed by an Anthology of musical compositions from the same period, transcribed by Manuel Pedro Ferreira and his collaborators: João Pedro d'Alvarenga, Bernadette Nelson, Nuno Miranda, Owen Rees, Tess Knighton, João Vaz & Sílvia Seixas Rodrigues.
Catalogue of exhibition at the Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães (northern Portugal), opened fr... more Catalogue of exhibition at the Museu de Alberto Sampaio, Guimarães (northern Portugal), opened from Nov. 16, 2012, through March 31, 2013.
Initial pages.
Contents: The Lamentation of Asterix: "Conclusit vias meas inimicus"; The Cluny Gradual: its nota... more Contents: The Lamentation of Asterix: "Conclusit vias meas inimicus"; The Cluny Gradual: its notation and melodic character; Is it polyphony?; New light on St Bernard's chant reform: Guido of Eu and the earliest Cistercian choirbooks; Early Cistercian polyphony: a newly-discovered source; Mesure et temporalité: vers l'ars nova; L'identité di motet parisien; Compositional calculation in Philippe de Vitry; Dufay in analysis, or - who invented the triad?; Proportions in ancient and medieval music; Indexes.
The 16th-century Elvas songbook is one of the richest sources of secular Iberian polyphonic song.... more The 16th-century Elvas songbook is one of the richest sources of secular Iberian polyphonic song. The introduction to the facsimile (Portuguese / English) analyses its contents (several layers of repertory), discusses the history of musicological studies and editions and evaluates the published transcriptions.
La rima tra filologia, metrica e musica dal Medioevo al Rinascimento , 2023
This is a comprehensive analysis of the musical approach to rhyme in the repertoire, demonstratin... more This is a comprehensive analysis of the musical approach to rhyme in the repertoire, demonstrating the importance of medial accents and exploring text-setting anomalies that suggest melodic borrowing and allow the identification of possible models. Includes newly-made musical transcriptions from the original manuscripts for most of the Cantigas discussed.
Olhares sobre a História da Música em Portugal, 2015
A historical overview of music in Portugal up to the end of the 15th century
Martin Codax: a história que a música conta, 2018
The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible perspe... more The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible perspectives. The author discusses the most recent, relevant contributions, namely by William Paden. Then he tries to ascertain which musical traits in these cantigas might point to an earlier style of women's song symbolized by amigo ("boyfriend") and related keywords. After invoking the impact of gender studies on the interpretation of the cantiga de amigo, as evaluated by Alan Deyermond, the author presents and discusses the different views on the style of the melodies voiced since their discovery a century ago. An excursus explores differences between cantigas II and III and the remaining, and the metrics of the latter, with reference to recent work by Stephen Parkinson and Rip Cohen; a new musical edition is proposed for these two (and also, in passing, for cantiga V). Finally, those stylistic aspects that in the Vindel MS may betray an earlier tradition, in contrast to those that can be attributed to the artistic initiative of Galician jongleurs, are tentatively identified. ENGLISH TRANSLATION (2023)
Oxford Music Online, 2001
The Vindel Parchment and Martin Codax / O Pergamiño Vindel e Martin Codax, 2018
Medievalista online, 2018
The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible, persp... more The songs by Martin Codax have been interpreted according to different, often incompatible, perspectives. The author discusses the most recent and relevant contributions, namely by William Paden. Then he tries to ascertain which musical traits in these cantigas might point to an earlier style of women's song symbolized by the“boyfriend” and related keywords. After invoking the impact of gender studies on the interpretation of the cantiga de amigo, as evaluated by Alan Deyermond, the author presents and discusses the different views on the style of the melodies voiced since their discovery a century ago. An excursus explores differences between cantigas II and III and the remaining, and the metrics of the latter, with reference to a recent work byStephen Parkinson and Rip Cohen; a new musical edition is proposed for these two (and also, in passing, for cantiga V). Finally, those stylistic aspects that in the Vindel MS
may betray an earlier tradition, in contrast to those that can be attributed to the artistic initiative of Galician jongleurs, are tentatively identified.
Revista Portuguesa De Musicologia, Nov 17, 2014
Presentation of thematic dossier on the Cantigas de Santa Maria published in this volume of the R... more Presentation of thematic dossier on the Cantigas de Santa Maria published in this volume of the Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia (written as invited editor).
Revista Portuguesa De Musicologia, 2002
The Versus written by Adhémar de Chabannes for the new apostolic liturgy of St. Martial at Limoge... more The Versus written by Adhémar de Chabannes for the new apostolic liturgy of St. Martial at Limoges in the early 11th.century is thoroughly analyzed and provocatively interpreted, with paleographical support, as an instance of experimental polyphonic practice — involving a solo voice and a self-accompanying instrument.
in La Comunicación Social en la Europa Medieval, ed. María de la Encarnación Martín López & José María de Francisco Olmos, Madrid: Dykinson, 2022
Beginning with Occitan troubadour poetry and then focussing on the Galician-Portuguese medieval c... more Beginning with Occitan troubadour poetry and then focussing on the Galician-Portuguese medieval cantigas, the author argues that troubadour song means not only what it says but it also communicates-both by verbal and non-verbal means-cultural horizons, social belonging, gender hierarchy, literary authority, and individual artistry. The relationship with its male audience, which was permitted to be actively responsive to performance, is modulated through stylistic choices that sometimes value obscurity or ambiguity; and while bluntness reigns in vicious jokes, oblique expression is especially prized when fuelling the erotic imagination. Songs are also the rhetorical stage for social negotiation of creative roles between jongleurs and troubadours, and for criticism of political or poetical choices. In both cases, song form is an integral part of the intended message.
'New Music', 1400-1600: Papers from an International Colloquium on the Theory, Authorship and Transmission of Music in the Age of the Renaissance (Lisbon-Évora, 27-29 May 2003), Évora-Lisboa: Editora Casa do Sul/CESEM-UNL/CHAIA-UE, 2009
This paper evolved from a Graduate Seminar directed by Margaret Bent at Princeton University duri... more This paper evolved from a Graduate Seminar directed by Margaret Bent at Princeton University during the Fall of 1988, thus owing something to both her scholarship and her provocative insights into the thorny subject being covered. It is presented here with only minor cuts, corrections and clarifications, retaining essentially the same contents, form, and faults, of the 1989 version; a minimal bibliographical update is given at the end. The title is to be heard as if ‘Defying Analysis’. In fact, Dufay is here both the subject and the pretext for a redefinition of analytical concepts used to describe fourteenth- and fifteenth-century polyphony. It upholds two-voice counterpoint as the main theoretical reference, but it is paradoxically shown that in one particular context, Dufay’s use of perfect triads already implies the concept of chord.
Performance Analysis: A Bridge between Theory and Interpretation, 2018
Classical hermeneutical questions can guide us to better understand the Cantigas de Santa Maria b... more Classical hermeneutical questions can guide us to better understand the Cantigas de Santa Maria by Alfonso X of Castile and León; the author guides the reader to the interpretative reasoning allowing the musical notation in three songs, CSM 16, CSM 224 and CSM 108, to make sense for us.
Do canto à escrita: novas questões em torno da lírica galego-portuguesa, 2016
A fresh approach to the 13th-century Vindel MS, containing the cantigas de amigo by Martin Codax ... more A fresh approach to the 13th-century Vindel MS, containing the cantigas de amigo by Martin Codax with their music. Its nature (rotulus or songbook fragment), the cyclical character of its contents and the identity of its author are discussed according to the latest findings.
Atas do II Encontro de História de Loulé, 2019
Study of medieval fragments with music found at Loulé (Algarve) in the town archives. Two of them... more Study of medieval fragments with music found at Loulé (Algarve) in the town archives. Two of them, in particular, open new perspectives on the liturgical influence of Seville and the identity of the local custom (Silves). Connection of other fragments with the liturgies of Évora, Braga and Toledo, and the presence in the region of the Order of Santiago, are also disclosed.
Io mi son giovinetta - Studi in ricordo di Leandra Scappaticci, 2021
The famous treatise Micrologus by Guido d'Arezzo includes a small chapter on right and wrong voca... more The famous treatise Micrologus by Guido d'Arezzo includes a small chapter on right and wrong vocal intonation, which opens a window on contemporary performative practice of chant, including microtonal shading. This paper presents a full edition of chapter X (including a critical edition of the crucial 11th-century interpolation, normally excluded from current publications) with English translation and commentary.
Portugal: Uma retrospectiva, 2019
General presentation of the Galician-Portuguese troubadour tradition, as if written by King Dinis... more General presentation of the Galician-Portuguese troubadour tradition, as if written by King Dinis in a letter to his son Pedro, the future compiler of its most comprehensive songbook, transcribed with a commentary by its imaginary 19th-century discoverer.
Cantus Planus: Papers read at the XVII meeting, Venice, Italy, 28 July - 1 August 2014, 2020
The connections, in the 15th century, between the canons of St. John The Evangelist (Lóios) in Po... more The connections, in the 15th century, between the canons of St. John The Evangelist (Lóios) in Portugal and the canons of San Georgio in Alga in Venice are well documented; the implications of this connection for the History of Music and Music Theory in Portugal (and later, Brazil, Africa and Goa) are here newly explored. The planctus Heu.heu Domine for Holy Friday, and the treatise by Marchetto da Padova, Lucidarium (with a new source unveiled), provide the threads for this exploration.
Avatares y perspectivas del medievalismo ibérico, 2019
Critically discusses recent scholarship on the two fragments containing music for Galician-Portug... more Critically discusses recent scholarship on the two fragments containing music for Galician-Portuguese songs (the Vindel MS and the Sharrer MS, both edited by the author), in particular the contributions of William Paden and Rip Cohen, among other authors involved in the 2016 commemorative edition of the Vindel MS. Paper presented to the XVII Congress of the AHLM in Rome.
Muzikologija / Musicology , 2019
This paper describes an ongoing project, the collaborative Thematic History of Music in Portugal ... more This paper describes an ongoing project, the collaborative Thematic History of Music in Portugal and Brazil; it details its context, rationale, concept, structure and the process that led to its public presentation and preliminary development at CESEM/FCSH, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. The importance of Africa in the understanding of some facets not only of modern popular music, but also of 16th-18th century genres in Portugal and Brazil is particularly stressed; examples of both polyphonic and instrumental music are given to illustrate this early influence.
Music and Instruments of the Middle Ages
Goldberg: Early music magazine= Revista de …, 2006
... Don Dionís de Portugal. Autores: Manuel Pedro Ferreira; Localización: Goldberg: Early music m... more ... Don Dionís de Portugal. Autores: Manuel Pedro Ferreira; Localización: Goldberg: Early music magazine = Revista de música antigua, ISSN 1138-1531, Nº 40, 2006 , págs. 52-59. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Autobiographical narrative concerning the continuum between research, imagined sound and performa... more Autobiographical narrative concerning the continuum between research, imagined sound and performance (and the use of the piano as a tool ) as applied to medieval music, especially through the ensemble Vozes Alfonsinas.
This is a panoramic synthesis concerning the relationship between Iberian music and the different... more This is a panoramic synthesis concerning the relationship between Iberian music and the different cultural centralities in both East and West that, between c. 500 and c. 1450, left their mark in European music. The discussion encompasses the Old Hispanic rite, Islamic Iberia and its songs of the zajal and muwashshah type, liturgical developments in the Christian kingdoms, troubadour song, popular and devotional song (the Cantigas de Santa Maria), and polyphony. Centralities implied include Jerusalem, Toledo, Aachen, the Aquitaine, Baghdad, Cordoba, Paris, Avignon and the Italian Peninsula.
Introductory chapter in Manuel Pedro Ferreira (ed.), Musical Exchanges, 1100-1650: Iberian connections, Kassel: Reichenberger, 2016 (Iberian Early Music Studies 2), pp. 3-17
A general presentation of the medieval liturgical rationale for the use of vocal sound, and its h... more A general presentation of the medieval liturgical rationale for the use of vocal sound, and its hierarchy in readings and melodies. It discusses performance practice and ceremonial expansion through accumulation, differentiation, melodic development, addition, and polyphonic realaboration; and the end of this rationale in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Published in Medievalista online, 3, nº 3 (2007).
This is a panoramic synthesis concerning the relationship between Iberian music and the different... more This is a panoramic synthesis concerning the relationship between Iberian music and the different cultural centralities in both East and West that, between c. 500 and c. 1450, left their mark in European music. The discussion encompasses the Old Hispanic rite, Islamic Iberia and its songs of the zajal and muwashshah type, liturgical developments in the Christian kingdoms, troubadour song, popular and devotional song (the Cantigas de Santa Maria), and polyphony. Centralities implied include Jerusalem, Toledo, Aachen, the Aquitaine, Baghdad, Cordoba, Paris, Avignon and the Italian Peninsula. Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia, 2/1(2015), pp.135-150: prepublication, in Portuguese translation, of the talk given at the 19th Congress of the IMS (Rome, 2012), to be published in English as the introductory chapter in the Musical Exchanges, 1100-1650: Iberian Connections (Kassel, Reichenberger, 2015), in press.
(Introduction) King David as instrumentalist and Psalmist; Music as Sign and Proclamation; Psalmo... more (Introduction) King David as instrumentalist and Psalmist; Music as Sign and Proclamation; Psalmody and Contemplation. (Development) David in the [medieval] approach to the Psalms; David in the 11th-century Office antiphons; David in the sequences and tropes for the Mass; David in the 12th-century aesthetical debate. Reference to: Clement of Alexandria, John Crysostom, St. Augustine, Odo of Cluny, John of Salisbury, Hugh of Fouilloy, Einred of Rievaulx, Abelard, Juan Ruiz.
A synthesis about the invention of medieval European musical notation (from c. 800 to 1200)
Revista de Educação Musical, nº 120 (2004), Jun 30, 2005
Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia, 2023
A book on Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a nun and abbess, theologian, poet, and composer, Sain... more A book on Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a nun and abbess, theologian, poet, and composer, Saint and Doctor of the Church, written by one of the foremost experts on her work, particularly in the musical realm. Presentation and criticism.
Revista Portuguesa De Musicologia, 2001
... Martin G. Cunningham, "Afonso X, o Sábio. Cantigas de Loor"... more ... Martin G. Cunningham, "Afonso X, o Sábio. Cantigas de Loor". Autores: Manuel PedroFerreira; Localización: Revista portuguesa de musicologia, ISSN 0871-9705, Nº. 11, 2001 , págs. 203-208. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Revista Portuguesa De Musicologia, 2003
... Maricarmen Gómez Muntané, "La música medieval en España". A... more ... Maricarmen Gómez Muntané, "La música medieval en España". Autores: Manuel PedroFerreira; Localización: Revista portuguesa de musicologia, ISSN 0871-9705, Nº. 13, 2003 , págs. 247-250. Fundación Dialnet. Acceso de usuarios registrados. ...
Revista portuguesa de musicologia, 1997
... Canto Gregoriano: Liturgia de Santo António, Gregorian chant: Mass for Peace, Coro Gregoriano... more ... Canto Gregoriano: Liturgia de Santo António, Gregorian chant: Mass for Peace, Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa. Autores: Manuel Pedro Ferreira; Localización: Revista portuguesa de musicologia, ISSN 0871-9705, Nº. 7-8, 1997-1998 , págs. 221-222. Fundación Dialnet. ...
A book encompassing Buddhist and Christian medieval chant, the latter both Latin-Catholic and Gre... more A book encompassing Buddhist and Christian medieval chant, the latter both Latin-Catholic and Greek or Russian Orthodox. Contributors include Bo Lawergren on Japanese musical iconography, Kenneth Levy on Byzantine and Old-Roman drones, and Marie-Noël Colette on Latin proses.
Livro/CD, com pequena antologia de cantigas (incluindo tradução para o Português atual), saído co... more Livro/CD, com pequena antologia de cantigas (incluindo tradução para o Português atual), saído com o jornal Publico a 27 de janeiro de 2015
A obra Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas: corpus integral profano, coordenada por Graça Videi... more A obra Cantigas medievais galego-portuguesas: corpus integral profano, coordenada por Graça Videira Lopes, uma coedição entre a Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (BNP), o Instituto de Estudos Medievais (IEM) e o Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical (CESEM), foi lançada no dia 30 de janeiro de 2017, sendo apresentada por Xosé Ramón Pena, especialista em língua e literatura galega.
A book containing a historical synthesis concerning music composition in Portugal between 1910 an... more A book containing a historical synthesis concerning music composition in Portugal between 1910 and 1990, followed by analytical essays by different authors on selected works by ten composers, from Luís de Freitas Branco in the early 20th century to Clotilde Rosa in the 1980s. Includes a sample CD featuring some of the works written about.
A scholarly, interdisciplinary book on the Cathedral of Braga (northern Portugal) between c. 1100... more A scholarly, interdisciplinary book on the Cathedral of Braga (northern Portugal) between c. 1100 and the 18th-century, including novel contributions from Archaeology, History, Art History, Liturgy and Musicology. It was originally planned and edited by Manuel Pedro Ferreira and Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues as part of a series of monographs on European cathedrals to be published with support from the Council of Europe through Fondation Royaumont.
Iberian Early Music Studies 2, 2016
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies, 2022
Broadly speaking, the leitmotifs of the present special issue are manuscript materiality and dig... more Broadly speaking, the leitmotifs of the present special issue are manuscript
materiality and digital technologies. From diverse perspectives, the contributors reflect
on technological evolution, the continued need for historiographic reevaluation, and the
research methodologies that can help establish new paradigms for research on Iberian
manuscripts. The intersection of the material and the increasingly immaterial (i.e., digital)
often elicits apprehension among manuscript scholars who lament the increasing
detachment from material artifacts—but these concerns are paired with openness and
optimism. Throughout the issue, digital technologies and material studies emerge as
complementary and essential means of understanding, both more deeply and more
widely, the production, reception, functions, and circulation of manuscripts.
Portugal, uma retrospetiva, 2019
Rui TAVARES, dir. Portugal, uma retrospetiva, vol. 20: Tiago Viúla de Faria, Mário Farelo, Manuel... more Rui TAVARES, dir. Portugal, uma retrospetiva, vol. 20: Tiago Viúla de Faria, Mário Farelo, Manuel Pedro Ferreira, Joana Ramôa Melo e Giulia Rossi Vairo, 1290: D. Dinis e o nascimento da Universidade de Lisboa-Coimbra, Lisboa, Tinta-da-china, 2019
Full texts of medieval galician-portuguese "cantigas", with music, manuscripts, trobadours' biogr... more Full texts of medieval galician-portuguese "cantigas", with music, manuscripts, trobadours' biographies, notes and much more
The practice of "contrafactum", that is, the use of earlier melodies in new compositions, is exte... more The practice of "contrafactum", that is, the use of earlier melodies in new compositions, is extensively documented in medieval lyric. Within the Galician-Portuguese lyric (of which only thirteen original melodies survived), many of the models that were followed, not only literary but also musical, seem to have been extra-peninsular compositions, with emphasis on previous (and generally well known) Provençal or French melodies.
During the extensive scientific work that led to the Galician-Portuguese Medieval Songs database (http://cantigas.fcsh.unl.pt/index.asp?ling=eng), this issue was marginally noted down. The present database, resulting from the project «Models and variations: the medieval Iberian lyric in the troubadour Europe», supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, aims to systematize all these cases of "contrafacta", using either the data that have been collected by previous researchers, or the new data collected by the team of this project.
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](Cister no Douro [exhibition catalogue], 2015
SEBASTIAN, Luís; RESENDE, Nuno (direção) - Cister no Douro. Porto: Direção Regional de Cultura do... more SEBASTIAN, Luís; RESENDE, Nuno (direção) - Cister no Douro. Porto: Direção Regional de Cultura do Norte/Museu de Lamego/Vale do Varosa. 2015.