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Between 1948 and 1967, German-speaking scholars produced a significant collection of articles charting new concepts of mode, harmony, counterpoint, and compositional process in the late 15th century. These essays are presented in English translation for the first time.

The discussion of tonal structure has been a problematic and controversial aspect of modern study in Medieval and Renaissance polyphony. This volume considers the issue from historical, analytical, theoretical, perceptual, and cultural perspectives.

Examining the common compositional practice of borrowing or imitation in 15th-and 16th-century music, this text addresses how and why borrowing was used, the significance of borrowing, the techniques of borrowing, and its recognizable features. It provides an overview and sheds light on previously unexplored aspects of early musical borrowing.

This collection gathers Margaret Bent's influential writings on this controversial subject from the past thirty years, along with an extensive author's introduction discussing the state of scholarship and responding to critics.

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.