Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures by Peter Jeffery (1992, Hardcover) 
Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures by Peter Jeffery (1992, Hardcover)
Author: Peter Jeffery
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Publication Date: 1992-06-01
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0226395790
ISBN-13: 9780226395791
Product ID: EPID1417292
Description: Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the researcher because its most important stages of development were not recorded in writing; voice, not paper, was the medium that carried this traditional Western art music from one ge...
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Synopsis
Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the researcher because its most important stages of development were not recorded in writing; voice, not paper, was the medium that carried this traditional Western art music from one generation of medieval musicians to the next. Peter Jeffrey's approach to the understanding of how these melodies were created, memorized, performed, and modified uses ethnomusicological methods to identify characteristics of Gregorian chant that closely resemble oral traditions in non-Western cultures, and shows how music historians can take into account the social, cultural, and anthropological contexts of chant's development.

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Publication Date:1992-06-01
Series:Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology Series

Size
Length:211 pages
Height:9.5 in
Width:6.5 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:16.8 oz

Industry Reviews
"The book is a call to action, setting forth a new agenda for the future study of Gregorian chant and challenging musicologists...to widen their net to include ethnomusicological approaches."
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