Chants, hypertext, and prosulas : re-texting the proper of the mass in Beneventan manuscripts / Luisa Nardini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nardini, Luisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prosulas (Music)--History and criticism.

Prosulas (Music).

Gregorian chants--History and criticism.

Gregorian chants.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"The liturgical chant that was sung in the churches of Southern Italy between the ninth and the thirteenth centuries reflects the multiculturalism of a territory in which Roman, Franks, Lombards, Byzantines, Normans, Jews, and Muslims were present at various titles and with different political roles. This book examines a specific genre, the prosulas that were composed to embellish and expand pre-existing liturgical chants of the liturgy of mass. Widespread in medieval Europe, prosulas were highly cultivated in southern Italy, especially by the nuns, monks, and clerics the city of Benevento. They shed light on the creativity of local cantors to provide new meanings to the liturgy in accordance with contemporary waves of religious spirituality and to experiment with a novel musical style in which a syllabic setting is paired with the free-flowing melody of the parent chant. In their representing an epistemological 'beyond' and because of their interconnectedness with the parent chant, they can be likened to modern hypertexts. The emphasis on universal saints of ancient lineage stressed the perceived links with the cradles of Christianity, Africa and the Levant, and the centre of the Papal power, Rome, while the high number of Christological prosulas in manuscripts used in nunneries might be tied to the devotion to Jesus as 'spiritual spouse' that was typical of female religiosity. Full edition of texts, melodies, and manuscript facsimiles in the companion website enrich the study of the stylistic features and the cultural components of this fascinating genre"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I HISTORY, HISTORIOGRAPHY, AND GEOGRAPHY OF PROSULAS

1. Prosulas: General Features, History, and Scholarship

Prosulas and Hypertexts

Prosulas and Parent Chants

Modern Scholarship on Prosulas

Prosulas in Manuscripts: Appearance and Notation

The Medieval Perception and Documentation of Prosulas

Prosulas and the History of Gregorian Chant

2. Prosulas in Manuscripts

Prosulas in Beneventan Manuscripts: The Earliest Stages

Manuscripts from Benevento

Manuscripts from Other Regional Centers

Other Fragmentary Sources

Extra-Regional Concordances

pt. II PROSULAS AND THEIR FORMAL FEATURES

3. Formal Features and Notation

Prosulas and Their Texts

The Notating of Prosulas

Notation

4. Prosulas for Graduals and Tracts

Interlectionary Chants

The Gradual

The Tract

Prosulas for Graduals and Tracts and O Roma nobilis

5. Prosulas for Alleluia and Offertories

General Features

The Alleluia

The Offertory

pt. III PROSULAS AND THE LITURGICAL YEAR

6. General Remarks

7. Feasts of the Temporale

8. Feasts of the Sanctorale

Prosulas and the Oldest Lombard Sanctorale

Prosulas and the Milieus of Cathedrals and Urban Monasteries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Nardini, Luisa, Chants, hypertext, and prosulas

ISBN:

9780197514139

0197514138

OCLC:

1245249358

Publisher Number:

99989258845