Lisa Colton — University of Huddersfield Research Portal

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Lisa Colton is Reader in Musicology. Lisa’s studies in medieval musicology, medieval studies, and early music performance led to her doctoral thesis, 'Music and sanctity in England, c.1260-c.1400' (University of York, 2004), exploring themes of nationalism, sanctity and virginity in late medieval English music. Lisa is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and an active member of the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society and the Royal Musical Association. She directs the Centre for the Study of Music, Culture, and Identity, which aims to stimulate musical and interdisciplinary research through diverse activities, events and publications. Her monograph, Angel Song: Medieval English Music in History, was published by Routledge (2017).

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Research Output 2003 2018

Book review: Anna Zayaruznaya, The Monstrous New Art: Divided Forms in the Late Medieval Motet; Anna Zayaruznaya, Upper-Voice Structures and Compositional Process in the Ars Nova Motet

Colton, L., 21 Nov 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Music Analysis.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Motet

Ars Nova

Art

Monstrous

Late Medieval Period

Book review: Katie Ann-Marie Bugyis, A.B. Kraebel, and Margot Fassler eds, Medieval Cantors and their Craft: Music, Liturgy and the Shaping of History 800-1500 (York: Boydell and Brewer, 2017)

Colton, L., 2 Jun 2018, In : Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture. 4, 1, p. 159-161 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

Book review: Polyphony in Facsimile

Colton, L., 19 Jul 2018, In : Early Music. 46, 2, p. 339-340 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

Early English

Facsimile

Polyphony

Church music

Medievalism, music and agency in 'The Wicker Man' (1973)

Colton, L., 7 Feb 2018, Recomposing the Past: Representations of Early Music on Stage and Screen. Cook, J., Kolassa, A. & Whittaker, A. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 213-228 16 p. (Ashgate Screen Music Series).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Medievalism

Wicker

Music

Murder

Placement

Song in space and space in song: Physical and conceptual boundaries in English devotional music, 1250–1500

Colton, L., 14 Jun 2018, Devotional Interaction in Medieval England and its Afterlives. Foster, E., Perratore, J. & Rozenski, S. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, 41 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Music

Song

Physical

Permeability

Musical Structure