With contributions from a range of internationally known early music scholars and performers, Tess Knighton and David Fallows provide a lively new survey of music and culture in Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to 1600. Fifty essays comment on the social, historical, theoretical, and performance contexts of the music and musicians of the period to offer fresh perspectives on musical styles, research sources, and performance practices of the medieval and Renaissance periods.

Tess Knighton is a lecturer in music history at Cambridge University and the editor of Early Music. David Fallows teaches at the University of Manchester and is the author of Dufay (1982) and Book and Music Review Editor of Early Music.

"With provocative writing and an exceptionally broad range of perspectives [Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music] invites dialogue not just on what we think but also, and more importantly, on how we think about medieval and Renaissance music."—Cynthia J. Cyrus, Fontes Artis Musicae

"A pleasure to read. . . . What I find particularly valuable is the emphasis on the skills and mental tools needed for the study and performance of early music."—Julie Cumming, Historical Performance

"Fallows and Knighton have gone a significant distance towards breaking down the barriers that separate the several different early music constituencies. Collecting such a diverse set of essays was a brave, interesting, and largely successful project."—Timothy J. McGee, Notes