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'Agricola and the Rhizome: an Aesthetic of the Late Cantus-Firmus Mass'

Fitch, FJ

Authors

FJ Fitch



Abstract

This paper evaluates the use of borrowed material in the work of the composer Alexander agricola (ca. 1456-1506). It is argued that Agricola's reputation in his lifetime has but little informed the scholarly attention afforded to him in modern times, and that the reasons for this neglect have been predominantly aesthetic ones. Accordingly an aesthetic framework is proposed through which to evaluate his music, following the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari _Rhizome_. This concept of Rhizome is shown to inform many of the underlying principles of Agricola's deployment of borrowed materials.

Citation

Fitch, F. (2005). 'Agricola and the Rhizome: an Aesthetic of the Late Cantus-Firmus Mass'. Revue belge de musicologie (Imprimé), 59, 65-92

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2005-03
Deposit Date Apr 11, 2007
Journal Revue belge de musicologie : Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Muziekwetenschap.
Print ISSN 0771-6788
Publisher Société Belge de musicologie
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 59
Pages 65-92
Keywords Alexander Agricola, Masses, Deleuze, Rhizome.


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