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SUMMARY:Late Medieval Bruges Re-visited: The Music of the 'Gruuthuse' Manu
 script (DEN HAAG\, KB 79 K 10) - Karl Kügle (Utrecht University)
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DESCRIPTION:The so-called 'Gruuthuse' manuscript (Den Haag\, Royal Library
  79 K 10\; facsimile at http://www.kb.nl/bladerboeken/het-gruuthuse-handsc
 hrift) recently (2007) changed ownership\, entering the public domain. The
  convolute has long been known to scholars of Middle Dutch - and also to m
 usicologists - as one of the principal sources of poetry and music from la
 te medieval Bruges but practically remained inaccessible\, severely hamper
 ing research. Its unexpected notational style (so-called "stroke notation"
 ) further contributes to the marginalization of the repertory. The change 
 in ownership and the resulting easy access to the source now invite new re
 search into this unique manuscript and its contents. The superb quality an
 d the complex intertextualities that characterize both texts and music of 
 the manuscript are becoming ever more evident as scholars are gradually de
 lving deeper into the repertory\, gradually opening up a window on an enti
 re layer of musico-poetic life in Bruges and\, by extension\, the Low Coun
 tries that otherwise would remain almost completely hidden from view.\n\nI
 n my paper\, I shall give an overview of the manuscript's history and cont
 ents\, followed by two case studies examining two aesthetic extremes of th
 e 'Gruuthuse' poet-musicians: supreme complexity\, on one hand\, and "popu
 larisant" simplicity\, on the other. Both\, I submit\, are highly artifici
 al poses struck by the Bruges poet-musicians for the purpose of constructi
 ng their own (civic) identities.
LOCATION:Recital Room\, Faculty of Music\, West Road
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