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Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology

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Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Author: Peter Jeffery

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.
ISBN: 9780226395807
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Imprint: The University of Chicago Press
Published date:
DEWEY: 782.3222
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 211
Weight: 334g
Height: 229mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 14mm

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