Browsing by Subject "plainchant"
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Melodic Variance in Anglo-Saxon Pontificals
(2020-04-27)The study of music at Anglo-Saxon Canterbury has been called “the most unstudied and most important outstanding issue in the history of early musical notation in England” (Rankin and Gullick, 2009). This thesis examines ... -
The Role of Recurrent Melismas in the Alleluias of the St Gall Cantatorium
(2019-08-30)This thesis studies melodic construction in medieval chant by focusing on the highly melismatic genre of the alleluia. Limiting the corpus to the alleluias found in the tenth century adiastematic St Gall Cantatorium, the ... -
“TUNC TU CLAMAS CLARA VOCE”: MARIOLOGICAL ALLUSION AND THE MUSIC OF ST. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
(2021-04-19)Hildegard’s Mariology, most overtly expressed through her sixteen Marian plainchants, has received close attention by scholars over the years. Nevertheless, unanswered questions remain concerning her Mariology as well as ...