Hearing the Motet

This comprehensive collection of essays offers a paradigm of the scholarly and analytical approaches toward the motet in its most varied incarnations from the 13th to the 17th centuries. Featuring essays from the scholars in the field, including Paula Higgins, Craig Monson, Patrick Macey, Anne Robertson, Jessie Ann Owens, Meg Bent and Joshua Rifkin, this collection offers, through readings of specific motets or motet repertoires, a broad-ranging analysis of the function and context of the motet in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.