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What is Gregorian chant, and where does it come from? What purpose does it serve, and how did it take on the form and features which make it instantly recognizable? Designed to guide students through this key topic, this book answers these questions and many more. David Hiley describes the church services in which chant is performed, takes the reader through the church year, explains what Latin texts were used, and, taking Worcester Cathedral as an example, describes the buildings in which it was sung. The history of chant is traced from its beginnings in the early centuries of Christianity, through the Middle Ages, the revisions in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and the restoration in the nineteenth and twentieth. Using numerous music examples, the book shows how chants are made and how they were notated. An indispensable guide for all those interested in the fascinating world of Gregorian chant.

Cantus planus (Gregoriaans, enz.) --- Chant (Plain, Gregorian, etc.) --- Chant grégorien --- Chants (Plain, Gregorian, etc.) --- Chants grégoriens --- Franco-Roman chants --- Gregoriaans --- Gregoriaanse gezangen --- Gregorian chant --- Gregorian chants --- Old Roman chants --- Plain-chant (Grégorien, etc.) --- Plainchant --- Plainchants --- Plainsong --- Roman songs --- Gregorian chants. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- 246.822 --- Cantus Gregorianus. Gregoriaans --- 246.822 Cantus Gregorianus. Gregoriaans --- Chant grégorien --- History and criticism --- Church music --- 500-1400 --- Singing --- History

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How do text and melody relate in western liturgical chant? Is the music simply an abstract vehicle for the text, or does it articulate textual structure and meaning? These questions are addressed here through a case study of the second-mode tracts, lengthy and complex solo chants for Lent, which were created in the papal choir of Rome before the mid-eighth century. These partially formulaic chants function as exegesis, with non-syntactical text divisions and emphatic musical phrases promoting certain directions of inner meditation in both performers and listeners. Dr Hornby compares the four second-mode tracts representing the core repertory to related ninth-century Frankish chants, showing that their structural and aesthetic principles are neither Frankish nor a function of their notation in the earliest extant manuscripts, but are instead a well-remembered written reflection of a long oral tradition, stemming from Rome.

Dr EMMA HORNBY teaches in the Department of Music at the University of Bristol.

Cantus planus (Gregoriaans, enz.) --- Chant (Plain, Gregorian, etc.) --- Chant grégorien --- Chants (Plain, Gregorian, etc.) --- Chants grégoriens --- Church history --- Franco-Roman chants --- Geschiedenis [Godsdienstige ] --- Geschiedenis [Religieuze ] --- Godsdienstig denken --- Godsdienstige geschiedenis --- Gregoriaans --- Gregoriaanse gezangen --- Gregorian chant --- Gregorian chants --- Histoire de l'Église --- Histoire ecclésiastique --- Histoire religieuse --- History [Religious ] --- Hystoria ecclesiastica --- Kerkgeschiedenis --- Kirchengeschichte --- Lenten music --- Music and literature --- Musique et littérature --- Muziek en literatuur --- Old Roman chants --- Pensée religieuse --- Plain-chant (Grégorien, etc.) --- Plainchant --- Plainchants --- Plainsong --- Psalmen (Muziek) --- Psalms (Music) --- Psaumes (Musique) --- Religieuze geschiedenis --- Religious history --- Religious thought --- Roman songs --- Storia della Chiesa --- Storia ecclesiastica --- Église -- Histoire --- Chants --- Lenten music. --- History and criticism. --- Catholic Church --- Liturgy. --- Liturgy --- Church music --- 500-1400 --- History and criticism --- Chants - History and criticism --- Church history - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Religious thought - Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Theology, Doctrinal --- Christianity --- Lent --- Sacred music --- Sacred vocal music --- Vocal music --- History --- Middle Ages, 600-1500 --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Lent. --- Rome. --- exegesis. --- listeners. --- meditation. --- melody. --- multiethnic communities. --- oral tradition. --- papal choir of Rome. --- performers. --- religiously-diverse communities. --- second-mode tracts. --- solo chants. --- text. --- western liturgical chant.