Embellishing the Liturgy: Tropes and Polyphony - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0754627640 ISBN 13 : 9780754627647

Editeur : Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

After the imposition of Gregorian chant upon most of Europe by the authority of the Carolingian kings and emperors in the eighth and ninth centuries, a large number of repertories arose in connection with the new chant and its liturgy. Of these repertories, the tropes, together with the sequences, represent the main creative activity of European musicians in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries. Because they were not an absolutely official part of the liturgy, as was Gregorian chant, they reflect local traditions, particularly in terms of melody, and more so than the new pieces that were composed at the time. In addition, the earlier layers of tropes represent, in many cases, a survival of the pre local pre Gregorian melodic traditions. This volume provides an introduction to the study of tropes in the form of an extensive anthology of major studies and a comprehensive bibliography and constitutes a classic reference resource for the study of one of the most important musico-liturgical genres of the central middle ages.

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À propos de l'auteur

Alejandro Enrique Planchart is Emeritus Professor of Music at the University of California at Santa Barbara, USA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0754627640
• ISBN 13: 9780754627647
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 614
• Éditeur: Planchart Alejandro Enrique
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• Personne responsable: non disponible