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Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant
University of Chicago Press, 1992 Paper: 978-0-226-39580-7 | Cloth: 978-0-226-39579-1 Library of Congress Classification ML3082.J34 1992 Dewey Decimal Classification 782.3222
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the researcher because its most important stages of development were not recorded in writing. From the sixth to the tenth century, this form of music existed only in song as medieval musicians relied on their memories and voices to pass each verse from one generation to the next. Peter Jeffery offers an innovative new approach for understanding how these melodies were created, memorized, performed, and modified. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and ethnomusicology, he identifies characteristics of Gregorian chant that closely resemble other oral traditions in non-Western cultures and demonstrates ways music historians can take into account the social, cultural, and anthropological contexts of chant's development. See other books on: Christian Rituals & Practice | Ethnomusicology | Gregorian Chant | Gregorian chants | Study See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC | REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE
University of Chicago Press, 1992
Paper: 978-0-226-39580-7
Cloth: 978-0-226-39579-1
Paper: 978-0-226-39580-7
Cloth: 978-0-226-39579-1
Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the researcher because its most important stages of development were not recorded in writing. From the sixth to the tenth century, this form of music existed only in song as medieval musicians relied on their memories and voices to pass each verse from one generation to the next.
Peter Jeffery offers an innovative new approach for understanding how these melodies were created, memorized, performed, and modified. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and ethnomusicology, he identifies characteristics of Gregorian chant that closely resemble other oral traditions in non-Western cultures and demonstrates ways music historians can take into account the social, cultural, and anthropological contexts of chant's development.
Peter Jeffery offers an innovative new approach for understanding how these melodies were created, memorized, performed, and modified. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and ethnomusicology, he identifies characteristics of Gregorian chant that closely resemble other oral traditions in non-Western cultures and demonstrates ways music historians can take into account the social, cultural, and anthropological contexts of chant's development.
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