Singing Early Music

Timothy J. McGee is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Toronto, and author of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Performer's Guide and Medieval Instrumental Dances (IUP, 1989).

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsHow to Use This GuideCommon Abbreviations1. IntroductionPhonetics, David N. KlausnerOverview of European Languages, A. G. RiggLatin, A. G. RiggBritain2. English, David N. KlausnerDiachronic Sound Chart Sample Texts3. Sixteenth-Century Scots, David N. KlausnerSample Texts4. Anglo-Latin, A. G. RiggDiachronic Sound ChartSample TextsFrance5. Old French, Robert TaylorDiachronic Sound ChartPicard Sounds (Typical Picard Sounds)Sample Texts6. French Latin, Harold CopemanDiachronic Sound ChartSample Texts7. Occitan, Robert TaylorSample TextsIberian Peninsula8. Catalan, Beata FitzPatrickDiachronic Sound ChartSample Texts9. Spanish (Castilian), James F. BurkeDiachronic Sound ChartSample Texts10. Spanish Latin, Harold CopemanSample Texts11. Galician-Portuguese, Joseph T. Snow and James BurkeDiachronic Sound ChartSample Texts12. Portuguese Latin, Harold CopemanSample TextsItaly13. Italian, Gianrenzo ClivioSample Texts14. Italian Latin, harold CopemanSample TextsGermany and the Low Countries15. Middle High German, Peter FrenzelSample Texts16. Late Medieval German and Early New High German, Peter FrenzelDiachronic Sound ChartSample Texts17. German Latin, Harold Copeman and Vera U. G. ScherrSample Texts18. Flemish (Dutch), William Z. ShetterSample Texts19. Netherlands Latin, harold CopemanSample TextsGlossaryIndex to Compact DiskContributorsPhonetic Chart, David N. Klausner

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