Research on the Definition of “Gothic Music”

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210813.022How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gothic style, Gothic period, Gothic art, Religious music, Secular music

Abstract

The Gothic style in the Middle Ages has been passed down like an epic, and its achievements in the field of architecture are obvious to all. However, in the music field, the definition of “Gothic (style)” is still unclear. This article sorts out and summarizes several related discourses in contemporary literature. Some scholars believe that Gothic music (the music of Notre Dame de Paris), folk music such as music of troubadours, poets, famous singers, and even art nouveau represented by Marshaw, etc., are all included in the description of different academic literature. In short, some people only agree that the religious music born in Notre-Dame de Paris is “Gothic music”, while other scholars argue that it is a combination of religious and secular music. Combining the above viewpoints, the author defines the so-called “Gothic music” from the semantics of foreign languages. “Musik der Gotik” in German actually refers to the development of the music field when the Gothic period was popular in northern Western Europe in the history of architecture, which necessarily includes both religious and secular music categories.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yue Zhao
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/17
TI  - Research on the Definition of “Gothic Music”
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 129
EP  - 134
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210813.022
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210813.022
ID  - Zhao2021
ER  -