Gregorian chant / by Willi Apel.

Author/creator Apel, Willi
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, [1958]
Descriptionxiv, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Gregorian chants--History and criticism.

SeriesMidland book ; MB 601.
Midland book ; MB 601. ^A910534
Contents Part 1. The liturgy and its development. Definition and terminology ; The structure of the liturgy ( The liturgical year ; The liturgical day ; The liturgical books ; Ordinary and proper ; The Office hours ; The mass ; Exceptional masses) ; Origin and development to c. 600 ( The pre-Christian roots ; Historical data from the first to the eighth centuries ; From the first century to c. 380 ; From Damasus to Gregory) ; The development after 600 ( The sources ; The cycle of feasts ; The mass formularies ; The music) -- Part 2. General aspects of the chant. The texts ( The psalms ; Psalm verses ; Non-psalmodic texts) ; The notation ( The standard notation. The basic neumes ; The liquescent neumes ; The repercussive neumes ; The early neumes ; The development of neumatic notation ; The notation of the Solesmes books ; The problem of rhythm) ; The tonality ( The church modes ; Modal classification and distribution ; Modal characteristics of the melodies. The regular chants ; Limited range ; Excessive range ; The B-flat transposition ; Modal ambiguity) ; Methods and forms of psalmody ( Direct psalmody ; Responsorial psalmody ; Antiphonal psalmody ; Questions of performance) -- Part 3. Stylistic analysis. The liturgical recitative ( General observations ; The tones for the readings and prayers ; The psalm tones ; Psalm tones and psalm texts ; Psalm tones and antiphons ; The tones of the canticles ; The tones for the introits ; The tones for the great responsories ; The tonese of the invitatory psalm ; The short responsories) ; The free compositions: general aspects ( Characteristics of melodic design. Total range phrase structure ; Melodic progressions ; Repetition of melodic units ; Cadences ; Melody and text ; Textual and melodic phrases ; The textual accent ; The sustaining (melismatic) accent ; The tonic accent ; The cursus ; Expression, mood, word-painting) ; The free compositions according to types. The introits ; The communions ; The tracts. The tracts of the eighth mode ; The tracts of the second mode ; The great responsories. The responsories of mode ; The other responsories ; The graduals. The graduals of mode ; The gradual-type Justus ut Palma ; The offertories ; The alleluias ; The antiphons ; The chants of the mass ordinary. The kyrie ; The gloria ; The credo ; The sanctus ; The agnus dei ; The mass ordinary as a cycle ; The hymns ; The tropes. The textual tropes ; The textual-musical tropes ; The musical tropes ; The sequences ; Ambrosian chant / Roy Jesson. The liturgical year ; The liturgical day ; The psalm tones ; The office chants ; The ordinary chants of the mass ; The proper chants of the mass ; Modality ; Concluding remarks -- The old-Roman chant / Robert J. Snow. The sources for the mass chants ; The introits ; The communions ; The offertories ; The graduals ; The tracts ; The alleluias ; The sources for the office chants ; The responsories ; The antiphons ; The problem of chronology -- Conclusion: Prolegomena to a history of Gregorian style.
General noteIncludes chapters on the Ambrosian chant, by R. Jesson and the Old Roman chant, by R.J. Snow.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages xiii-xiv) and index.
LCCN 57010729

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