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010 a| 97021957;

020 a| 0691017336 (cl : alk. paper);

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050 00 a| ML3082b| .L44 1998;

100 1 a| Levy, Kenneth,d| 1927-2013.=| ^A398614;

245 10 a| Gregorian chant and the Carolingians /c| Kenneth Levy.;

300 a| x, 271 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| From Gregory to the Ottonians -- A Gregorian processional antiphon -- Toledo, Rome, and the legacy of Gaul -- Charlemagne's archtype of Gregorian chant -- On the origin of neumes -- On Gregorian orality -- Abbot Helisachar's antiphone -- Aurelian's use of neumes -- Plainchant before neumes -- A Carolingian visual model -- Memory, neumes, and square notations.;

520 a| A world-renowned scholar of plainchant, the author has spent a portion of his career investigating the nature and ramifications of this repertory's shift from an oral tradition to the written versions dating to the tenth century. The author seeks to change long-held perceptions about certain crucial stages of the evolution and dissemination of the old corpus of plainchant--most notably the assumption that such a large and complex repertory could have become and remained fixed for over a century while still an oral tradition. He portrays the promulgation of an authoritative body of plainchant during the reign of Charlemagne by clearly differentiating between actual evidence, hypotheses, and received ideas. How many traditions of oral chant existed before the tenth century? Among the variations noted in written chant, can one point to a single version as being older or more authentic than the others? What precursors might there have been to the notational system used in all the surviving manuscripts, where the notational system seems fully formed and mature? In answering questions that have long vexed many scholars of Gregorian chant's early history, the author offers fresh explanations of such topics as the origin of Latin neumes, the shifting relationships between memory and early notations, and the puzzling differences among the first surviving neume-species from the tenth century, which have until now impeded a critical restoration of the Carolingian musical forms.;

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Gregorian chant and the Carolingians / Kenneth Levy.

Author/creator	Levy, Kenneth
Format	Book
Publication Info	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Description	x, 271 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm
Subjects	Gregorian chants--History and criticism.

Contents	From Gregory to the Ottonians -- A Gregorian processional antiphon -- Toledo, Rome, and the legacy of Gaul -- Charlemagne's archtype of Gregorian chant -- On the origin of neumes -- On Gregorian orality -- Abbot Helisachar's antiphone -- Aurelian's use of neumes -- Plainchant before neumes -- A Carolingian visual model -- Memory, neumes, and square notations.
Abstract	A world-renowned scholar of plainchant, the author has spent a portion of his career investigating the nature and ramifications of this repertory's shift from an oral tradition to the written versions dating to the tenth century. The author seeks to change long-held perceptions about certain crucial stages of the evolution and dissemination of the old corpus of plainchant--most notably the assumption that such a large and complex repertory could have become and remained fixed for over a century while still an oral tradition. He portrays the promulgation of an authoritative body of plainchant during the reign of Charlemagne by clearly differentiating between actual evidence, hypotheses, and received ideas. How many traditions of oral chant existed before the tenth century? Among the variations noted in written chant, can one point to a single version as being older or more authentic than the others? What precursors might there have been to the notational system used in all the surviving manuscripts, where the notational system seems fully formed and mature? In answering questions that have long vexed many scholars of Gregorian chant's early history, the author offers fresh explanations of such topics as the origin of Latin neumes, the shifting relationships between memory and early notations, and the puzzling differences among the first surviving neume-species from the tenth century, which have until now impeded a critical restoration of the Carolingian musical forms.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	97021957
ISBN	0691017336 (cl : alk. paper)

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