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Gregorian Music (Classic Reprint): An Outline of Musical Palæography; Illustrated by Fac-Similes of Ancient Manuscripts - Couverture souple

Abbey, Stanbrook

 
9781330349649: Gregorian Music (Classic Reprint): An Outline of Musical Palæography; Illustrated by Fac-Similes of Ancient Manuscripts

Synopsis

Explore the history and craft of Gregorian chant, the sacred music of the medieval church.


This outline by Stanbrook Abbey surveys the notation, rhythm, and psalmody that shaped liturgical singing. It invites readers to study how ancient manuscripts record performance and how chant informed worship across centuries.



  • Understand how Gregorian rhythm uses intonation, recitation, and cadences to shape a verse.

  • See Romanian signs and letters and what they reveal about phrasing, tempo, and execution.

  • Learn the origins of psalmody and how speech patterns influenced musical form.

  • Explore plates and tables that illustrate authentic manuscripts and musical examples.


Ideal for readers of liturgy, music history, and medieval studies.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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