These eleven motets provide a sample group for the study of interrelationships among the contents of a manuscript. Elements of the music, text, and tenor sources work together to unify each individual motet as well as the eleven motets in the fascicle. While the motets of Mo have been studied in detail, this small collection has been neglected, perhaps because of its simultaneous presentation of sacred and erotic love.
It is this trait, however, that makes this fascicle a striking example of the medieval penchant for interrelationships in seemingly unrelated material.
Singing simultaneous praises to the Virgin in Latin and to Marion in French seems unusual today, but in the medieval period this juxtaposition of sacred and erotic love was acceptable. Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper Music Commons. Advanced Search. Privacy Copyright. Skip to main content. The bilingual motets of the old corpus of the Montpellier Codex. Document Type Master's Thesis. Department Music History. Committee Chair Shinnick, Julia W. Committee Co-Chair if applicable Christensen, Jean.
Committee Member Christensen, Jean. Committee Member de Zeeuw, Anne Marie. Author's Keywords Montpellier Codex.
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