The Hymns and Carols of Christmas

A Study and Critical Commentary

of Piæ Cantiones

A Sixteenth-Century Song Collection

 

A TERM PROJECT

SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC

OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE DEGREE OF

DOCTOR OF MUSICAL ARTS

 

by

Eileen Hadidian

June 1978

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

PAGE

INTRODUCTION

1

Chapter

 

I. Historical Background to the Piæ Cantiones

4

II. The Latin Song Tradition In Swedish and Finnish Schools

 

     Education in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

7

     Latin song in Sweden and Finland

11

III. The Piæ Cantiones Collection

 

     Description and contents

16

     Theodoricus Petri

18

     Editions of Piæ Cantiones

21

IV. History of the Piæ Cantiones Songs

25

V. Textual and Musical Analysis

32

VI. Performance Practice

95

Conclusion

100

Appendix A. Rhythmic Style of Piae Cantiones Songs

101

Appendix B - Sources and Origins of Piae Cantiones Songs

107

Abbreviations

121

Bibliography

122

 

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