Anna Maria Busse Berger
Biographic Data
| ID | 412101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anna Maria Busse Berger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anna Maria Busse |
| FAMILY NAME | Berger |
| SIGNATURE | BERGER A M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2285-0546 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Von der Oralität zum SchriftBild
Music and Instruments of the Middle Ages
Haunted Oppressors
Building on Patrick Brantlinger’s description of imperial Gothic fiction as “that blend of adventure story with Gothic elements”, this article compares the narrative formula of adventure fiction to two tales of haunting produced in a colonial context: Rudyard Kipling’s “The Mark of the Beast” (1890) and Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Brown Hand” (1899). My central argument is that these stories form an antithesis to adventure fiction: while adventure …
The Leipzig Mission and Bruno Gutmann
Bruno Gutmann (1876–1966) was the most important German missionary/ethnographer active in East Africa in the first half of the 20th century. His stay in Tanzania spanned two periods: 1902–1920 and 1926–1938. In addition to translating the New Testament into Chagga, he wrote numerous studies of Chagga law and society. Even though Gutmann was not a trained musicologist, his views on church music in the mission field are of great importance. Why was…
The Cambridge History of Medieval Music
Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything from the earliest genres of chant, through the music of the liturgy, to the riches of the vernacular song of the trouvères and troubadours. Alongside …
Vocal Recall
Medieval Music and the Art of Memory
Anna Maria Busse Berger's "Medieval Music and the Art of Memory" explores the intricate relationship between musical practice and mnemonic techniques in the Middle Ages. Challenging the prevailing notion of medieval music as primarily an oral tradition, Berger argues that memory played a crucial role in composition, performance, and pedagogy. The book examines a wide range of sources, including treatises on rhetoric and memory, musical notations,…
Agricola [Sore], Martin
The Myth of diminutio per tertiam partem
Medieval Music and the Art of Memory
Anna Maria Busse Berger's "Medieval Music and the Art of Memory" explores the intricate relationship between musical practice and mnemonic techniques in the Middle Ages. Challenging the prevailing notion of medieval music as primarily an oral tradition, Berger argues that memory played a crucial role in composition, performance, and pedagogy. The book examines a wide range of sources, including treatises on rhetoric and memory, musical notations,…
The Myth of diminutio per tertiam partem
Agricola [Sore], Martin
Medieval Music and the Art of Memory
Anna Maria Busse Berger's "Medieval Music and the Art of Memory" explores the intricate relationship between musical practice and mnemonic techniques in the Middle Ages. Challenging the prevailing notion of medieval music as primarily an oral tradition, Berger argues that memory played a crucial role in composition, performance, and pedagogy. The book examines a wide range of sources, including treatises on rhetoric and memory, musical notations,…
Vocal Recall
The Cambridge History of Medieval Music
Spanning a millennium of musical history, this monumental volume brings together nearly forty leading authorities to survey the music of Western Europe in the Middle Ages. All of the major aspects of medieval music are considered, making use of the latest research and thinking to discuss everything from the earliest genres of chant, through the music of the liturgy, to the riches of the vernacular song of the trouvères and troubadours. Alongside …
The Leipzig Mission and Bruno Gutmann
Bruno Gutmann (1876–1966) was the most important German missionary/ethnographer active in East Africa in the first half of the 20th century. His stay in Tanzania spanned two periods: 1902–1920 and 1926–1938. In addition to translating the New Testament into Chagga, he wrote numerous studies of Chagga law and society. Even though Gutmann was not a trained musicologist, his views on church music in the mission field are of great importance. Why was…
Von der Oralität zum SchriftBild
Music and Instruments of the Middle Ages
Haunted Oppressors
Building on Patrick Brantlinger’s description of imperial Gothic fiction as “that blend of adventure story with Gothic elements”, this article compares the narrative formula of adventure fiction to two tales of haunting produced in a colonial context: Rudyard Kipling’s “The Mark of the Beast” (1890) and Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Brown Hand” (1899). My central argument is that these stories form an antithesis to adventure fiction: while adventure …
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