The music of the Beneventan rite / herausgegeben von Thomas Forrest Kelly und Matthew Peattie.

Format
Musical score
Language
Latin
Published/​Created
Kassel ; New York : Bärenreiter, 2016.
Description
1 score (560 pages) ; 25 cm

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    This edition presents for the first time the complete music of the Beneventan rite, the repertory of Latin plainchant sung in southern Italy around the turn of the ninth century, prior to the adoption of Gregorian repertory. 180 different melodies are included, all in Beneventan neume notation.
    Notes
    Includes preface, introduction, appendices, and critical report in English.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Script
    Neumatic notation.
    Contents
    • The Benevetan Repertory. Principal Sources of Beneventan Music ; Musical Contents of the Edition
    • Pitch and Transcription. Repeated Melodic Figures ; Imperfections of Heightening ; Procedure and Goals ; Modality
    • Music in Beneventan Style. Music in Beneventan Style in Manuscripts for the Mass ; Music in Beneventan Style in Manuscripts for the Office ; The Notation of Music in Beneventan Style in Pitch-Specific Sources ; The Notation of Pitch in the Editions of Music in Beneventan Style
    • The Notation of the Beneventan Repertory. Basic Neumes ; Special Neumes ; Compound Neumes ; Liquescence ; Graphic Changes in the Later Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries ; Neumes in Performance
    • The Typeface. The Staves ; The Main Typeface ; Glyphs for Manuscripts of the Late Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries ; Typefaces for Bari 1 (Exultet Roll), Bodmer 74 (Gradual for Santa Cecilia in Trestevere), Ben 21, and Salerno 4
    • Manuscripts. Manuscript Sources of Beneventan Chant ; Rotuli and Codices Preserving the Beneventan Melody of the Exultet
    • Bibliography
    • Appendices. Appendix 1: Most Common Repeated Figures ; Appendix 2: Table of Repeated Melodic Figures ; Appendix 3: Some Examples of Structural Repetition ; Appendix 4: Beneventan Masses ; Appendix 5: Translations
    • The Edition. A Practical Guide to Beneventan Notation
    • Part I. The Music of the Beneventan Rite. Mass Proper ; Music for Holy Week ; Mass Ordinary ; Varia ; The Office
    • Part II. Music in Beneventan Style. Music in Beneventan Style in Manuscripts of the Mass ; Music in Beneventan Style in Manuscripts of the Office
    • Critical Report. Editorial Method ; Critical Notes.
    Publisher no.
    BA 5700
    LCCN
    2016402079
    OCLC
    984137025
    International Standard Music Number
    • M006496112
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