Gregorian and Old Roman Eighth-Mode Tracts: A Case Study in the Transmission of Western Chant

Emma Hornby

Gregorian and Old Roman Eighth-Mode Tracts: A Case Study in the Transmission of Western Chant
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
28 June 2018
Pages
420
ISBN
9781138725010

Gregorian and Old Roman Eighth-Mode Tracts: A Case Study in the Transmission of Western Chant

Emma Hornby

This title was first published in 2002: This text uses detailed analysis of the eigth-mode tracts in addressing some of the still unresolved questions of chant scholarship. The first question is that of the nature of the relationship between Old Roman and Gregorian chant, the second, of the relationship between oral and written modes of transmission in the ecclesiastical culture of the Middle Ages. Also, the Middle Ages saw a transition to a culture more dependent on writing. The book investigates the effect this transition had on the way eighth-mode tracts were understood by those who performed and notated them.

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