natural language, 801
natural music. See poetry natural philosophy, 586 –87, 588
nature, 332
faux-naïve virelai and, 349 –50
musical homologies with, 801 –3
musical imitations of, 331 –32, 333 , 349 , 700 –701, 711 –12, 727 , 728 , 733 –34, 747 , 749nawba (nuba), 108
Nazi Germany, Carmina burana and, 138
Neidhardt von Reuenthal, 136 –38
neoclassicism, 797 –834
Neoplatonism, 172
beliefs of, 69 –72, 271
humanism and, 615 , 616Netherlands, Clemens and, 593 –99
neuma triplex, 37 –39
prosulae to, 40neumes, 13 –16, 15 , 16 , 17 , 22 , 37 , 60 , 214
definition of, 13 –14
Frankish, 14 –16, 17 –18, 62 , 76
modal meter and, 159
ornamental, 24 , 48 , 57 , 105
on ruled staff, 16 , 62 , 99 –100
shapes of, 22 –23, 60 , 176 , 177
staffless, 60 , 93 , 105 , 138 , 155
stroke (“fold”) added to, 181
See also ligaturesNew Age meditation, 66
“new art of music.” See Ars Nova
Newe deudsche geistliche Gesenge (sacred song collection), 762 , 765
New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The, 549 , 579 , 832
“new music” (nuove musiche). See monody
New Testament. See Gospels
New York Pro Musica ensemble, 93 , 94
Neyts, J. F., 77
Nicene Creed, 34
Nicholas, Saint, 93 , 378
Nicholas of Clémanges, 378
Nicolaus de Radom, 346 –49