BROKENSONG: Polyphonic Singing and Communities of Music Writing in Medieval Britain and Ireland, c.1150-c.1350
Principal Investigator: Professor Karen Desmond To a great extent, historians of medieval cultures must learn to cope with a lot of loss. Humans through the ages endeavour to leave their mark on the world, yet inevitably time and events exact destruction on the material remnants of human activity. Studying medieval music entails dealing with significant…