Music in the Medieval English Liturgy Plainsong and Mediæval Music Society Centennial Essays

by Rankin, Susan; Hiley, David

• ISBN13: 9780193161252
• ISBN10: 0193161257
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-09-30
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

This collection of essays, written to commemorate their centenary, celebrates the work of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society. Founded in 1888, the Society quickly established two areas of activity: the propagation of information on medieval music and the revitalization of the Anglicanliturgy with the riches of the plainchant of the Roman Rite. Of the two sides of the Society's activities, the scholarly and the practical, this collection represents the former. The essays reflect the founders' interest in medieval music, both monophonic and polyphonic, and, particularly, their concern with chant. The contributors to this volume are amongthe most distinguished scholars of medieval music of recent years. Contributors: David Hiley, Ritva Jacobsson, Michel Huglo, Susan Rankin, Wulf Arlt, Ruth Steiner, David Chadd, Andrew Hughes, John Caldwell, Frank Ll. Harrison, Nick Sandon.

Table of Contents

The Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society, 1888-1988	p. 1
Liturgy and Liturgical Music in the Eleventh Century
Unica in the Cotton Caligula Troper	p. 11
Remarks on the Alleluia and Responsory Series in the Winchester Troper	p. 47
Winchester Polyphony: The Early Theory and Practice of Organum	p. 59
Stylistic Layers in Eleventh-Century Polyphony: How can the Continental Sources contribute to our Understanding of the Winchester Organa?	p. 101
Liturgical Uses and Genres in Medieval England
Post-Pentecost Alleluias in Medieval British Liturgies	p. 145
Marian Antiphons at Cluny and Lewes	p. 175
An English Noted Breviary of circa 1200	p. 205
British Rhymed Offices: A Catalogue and Commentary	p. 239
Relations between Liturgical and Vernacular Music in Medieval England	p. 285
Liturgical Polyphony in Later Medieval England
Plainsong into Polyphony: Repertories and Structures circa 1270-circa 1420	p. 303
The Manuscript London, British Library Harley 1709	p. 355
Indexes
Sources	p. 381
Incipits and Titles	p. 386
Names	p. 404
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