Understanding the Old Hispanic office : texts, melodies and devotion in early medieval Iberia / Emma Hornby, Kati Ihnat, Rebecca Maloy, Raquel Rojo Carrillo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hornby, Emma, 1973- author.

Ihnat, Kati, 1981- author.

Maloy, Rebecca, author.

Carrillo, Raquel Rojo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mozarabic chants--History and criticism.

Mozarabic chants.

Catholic Church--Mozarabic rite.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxii, 442 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Based on highly original archival and palaeographical research, this is the first methodological and factual primer in English on the distinctive liturgical tradition of early medieval Spain. It provides clear and approachable blueprints for future work on the description and analysis (musical, theological and cultural) of this and other liturgies. For non-specialists, the authors introduce the main features of Old Hispanic liturgy, its manuscripts, its services and its liturgical genres. For specialists, they model a variety of ways to work with the Old Hispanic materials in depth, incorporating notational, musical, theological and historical perspectives. For those interested in musical notation, the book lays out a method for working with unpitched neumes, with illustrative results, that will inspire and challenge others working on monophonic chant. For historians and liturgists, the texts and melodies are analysed in combination with the theological context that informed their creation.

Contents:

The Old Hispanic Office : Evidence and Silence

The Liturgical Year in the Old Hispanic Rite

Old Hispanic Liturgical Manuscripts

Old Hispanic Genres : Chants, Prayers and Readings

The Old Hispanic Liturgical Day

Old Hispanic Musical Notation : Its Characteristics and an Analytical Methodology

Melodic Language in Old Hispanic Chant : Illustrating an Analytical Methodology

Text, Melody and Theology in the Old Hispanic Marian Office.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Jan 2023).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108991223 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.