The Beneventan Chant
$67.99 (C)
Part of Cambridge Studies in Music
- Author: Thomas Forrest Kelly
- Date Published: June 2008
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521065979
$
67.99
(C)
Paperback
Looking for an examination copy?
If you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching.
-
From the High Middle Ages the dominance of Gregorian chant has obscured the fact that musical practice in early medieval Europe was far richer than has hitherto been recognized. Despite its historical importance, the "Gregorian" is not the most consistent and probably not the oldest form of Christian chant. The recovery and study of regional musical dialects having a common ancestry in the Christian church and Western musical tradition are reshaping our view of the early history of Christian liturgical music. Thomas Kelly's major study of the Beneventan chant reinstates one of the oldest surviving bodies of Western music: the Latin church music of southern Italy as it existed before the spread of Gregorian chant. Dating from the seventh and eighth centuries it was largely forgotten after the Carolingian desire for political and liturgical uniformity imposed "Gregorian" chant throughout the realm. But a few later scribes, starting apparently in the tenth century, preserved a part of this regional heritage in writing. This book reassembles and describes the surviving repertory.
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: June 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521065979
- length: 368 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 189 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.66kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Beneventan chant in its historical context
2. The manuscript sources of Beneventan chant
3. The Beneventan liturgy
4. Beneventan musical style
5. Benevento and the music of other liturgies.
Related Books
related journals
also by this author
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email lecturers@cambridge.org
Register Sign in» Proceed