Emulation and Hybridisation in Iberia: A Medieval Background (original) (raw)

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