Routledge - Identity and Locality in Early European Music

Explore the evolution of musical identity through this scholarly collection from Routledge. This work provides fresh insights into the musical practices that defined individual and collective identities across pre-modern and early modern Europe between 1028 and 1740. Contributors include leading and emerging European music experts who examine specific regional traditions. The text covers a wide geographical and chronological range, from plainchant traditions in Aquitania and the Iberian peninsula during the first 700 years of the second millennium to the local traditions of Renaissance Augsburg and Baroque Naples. Readers will find detailed studies on late medieval musical aesthetics and practices in major centers such as Paris, Padua, and Prague, alongside broader analysis of traditions in England, Germany, and Spain. This book serves as a vital resource for those studying the historical connection between music and local identity in Europe.