Counterpoint, Composition and Musica Ficta (Criticism and Analysis of Early Music)

Musica recta and musica ficta -- Pycard's credo no. 76 -- Renaissance counterpoint and musica ficta -- Diatonic ficta -- Accidentals, counterpoint, and notation in Aaron's Aggiunta to the Toscanello in musica -- Diatonic ficta revisited: Josquin's Ave Maria in context -- Editing early music: the dilemma of translation -- Some factors in the control of consonance and sonority: successive composition and the Solus tenor -- Pycard's double canon: evidence of revision? -- Text setting in sacred music of the early 15th century: evidence and implications -- Resfacta and Cantare Super Librum Musica ficta is the practice of sharpening or flattening certain notes to avoid awkward intervals in medieval and Renaissance music. This collection gathers Margaret Bent's influential writings on this controversial subject from the past 30 years, along with an extensive author's introduction discussing the current state of scholarship and responding to critics. Also includes 25 musical examples. Margaret Bent. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [321]-328) And Index.