Chant and its Origins

Author:   ThomasForrest Kelly ,  Professor Thomas Forrest Kelly
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition:   New edition
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Pages:   542
Publication Date:   28 March 2009
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Author:   ThomasForrest Kelly ,  Professor Thomas Forrest Kelly
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780754626329


ISBN 10:   0754626326
Pages:   542
Publication Date:   28 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Contents: Introduction; Part I General Overviews of Scholarship: Gregorian studies in the 21st century, Richard Crocker; Writings on Western plainchant in the 1980s and 1990s, David Hiley. Part II Early History: Jerusalem and Rome (and Constantinople): the musical heritage of 2 great cities in the formation of the medieval chant traditions, Peter Jeffery; The singing of psalms in the early-medieval office, Joseph Dyer; The 8th-century Frankish-Roman communion cycle, James McKinnon. Part III Editions and Repertories: The critical edition of the Roman gradual by the monks of Solesmes, Jacques Froger; Research on the antiphoner - problems and perspectives, Hartmut Möller. Part IV Analytical studies: Some remarks on Jean Claire's octoechoes, László Dobszay; The offertory chant of the Roman liturgy and its musical form, Joseph Dyer; The Gregorian office antiphons and the comparative method, Edward Nowacki. Part V Roman and Frankish Chant: The central problem of Gregorian chant, Willi Apel; Die Entstehung des gregorianischen Chorals, Bruno Stäblein; The question of the 'old-Roman' chant: a reappraisal, Paul F. Cutter; Papal schola versus Charlemagne, S.J.P. van Dijk; Introits and archetypes: some archaisms of the old Roman chant, Thomas H. Connolly; Towards a new historical view of Gregorian chant, Helmut Hucke; Gregorian chant and the Romans, Kenneth Levy; Remarks on Roman and non-Roman offertories, Andreas Pfisterer. Part VI Other Chant Traditions: The development and chronology of the Ambrosian sanctorale: the evidence of the antiphon texts, Terence Bailey; The Beneventan chant, Thomas Forrest Kelly; The old Hispanic rite as evidence for the earliest forms of the Western Christian liturgies, Don M. Randel; Index.

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'...the introductions to each volume are excellent...' Early Music Review 'It would be hard to overestimate the value of the work presented in these collections.' Medieval Review


'...the introductions to each volume are excellent...' Early Music Review 'It would be hard to overestimate the value of the work presented in these collections.' Medieval Review


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Thomas Kelly is Harvard College Professor and Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music, Harvard University, USA Richard Crocker, David Hiley, Peter Jeffery, Joseph Dyer, James McKinnon, Jacques Froger, Hartmut Moller, Laszlo Dobszay, Edward Nowacki, Willi Apel, Bruno Stablein, Paul F. Cutter, S.J.P. van Dijk, Thomas H. Connolly, Helmut Hucke, Andreas Pfisterer, Terence Bailey, Thomas Forrest Kelly, Don M. Randel.

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