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Medieval Liturgical Chant and Patristic Exegesis

By Emma Hornby

Medieval Liturgical Chant and Patristic Exegesis Arts & Music

Medieval Liturgical Chant and Patristic Exegesis

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How do text and melody relate in western liturgical chant? Is the music simply an abstract vehicle for the text, or does it articulate textual structure and meaning? These questions are addressed here through a case study of the second-mode tracts, lengthy and complex solo chants for Lent, which were created in the papal choir of Rome before the mid-eighth century. These partially formulaic chants function as exegesis, with non-syntactical text divisions and emphatic musical phrases promoting certain directions of inner meditation in both performers and listeners. Dr Hornby compares the four second-mode tracts representing the core repertory to related ninth-century Frankish chants, showing that their structural and aesthetic principles are neither Frankish nor a function of their notation in the earliest extant manuscripts, but are instead a well-remembered written reflection of a long oral tradition, stemming from Rome. Dr EMMA HORNBY teaches in the Department of Music at the University of Bristol.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
344
Release Date:
2009-07-16
Publication Date:
2009-08-20
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843834715
ISBN13:
9781843834717
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
681 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
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