Music and Meaning in Old Hispanic Lenten Chants: Psalmi, Threni and the Easter Vigil Canticles

by Rebecca Maloy, Emma Hornby, Emma Hornby

Medieval Iberian liturgical practice was independent of the Roman liturgy. As such, its sources preserve an unfamiliar and fascinating devotional journey through the liturgical year. However, although Old Hispanic liturgical chant has long been considered one of the most important medieval chant traditions, what musical notation to survive shows only where the melodies rise and fall, not precise intervals or pitches. This lack of pitch-readable notation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843838141
• ISBN13: 9781843838142
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"