Gunnar Wiegand

Universität zu Köln, Musikwissenschaftliches Institut, Adjunct

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Philosophy, Music, Theology, Metaphysics, Musicology, Music History, and 19 moreSystematic Theology, Sociology of Music, Philosophical Theology, Early Music, Immanuel Kant, Music and Politics, Literature and Music, Liturgy, Baroque Music, Film and Theology, Church Music, Music And Religion, Choral Music, 18th- and 19th-century philosophy, 20th/21st Century Vocal music, Christian liturgical music, Organ (pipe), Italian Music, and Moyen-âge/Renaissanceedit
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Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Frank Hentschel, PD Dr. Stefan Keym, Prof. Dr. Helmut Loosedit

In medieval music writings there are many terms referring to ‚gentes‘ or ‚nationes‘ like Itali, Suevi or Angli etc. Those texts often describe, critisize or estimate the music of specific cultural contexts. They are revealing with respect to the pre-history of musical nationalism and they provide valuable information about the geographic and political shaping of medieval music. However, the respective meaning of the single nationes- or gentes terms has, due to the necessarily interdisciplinary character of the research, never systematically been investigated. The present book, that summarizes the results of a project that was funded by the DFG, aims at reconstructing the meaning of all relevant passages that can be found in medieval music writings between 800 und 1400.