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.
| Details | | 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." Gibson
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