| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 306 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
AMS studies in music |
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AMS studies in music.
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| Contents |
The heritage of antiquity -- The eighth and ninth centuries. The reception of ancient texts in the Carolingian era ; The heritage of the church -- The synthesis of ancient Greek theory and medieval practice. Hucbald of St. Amand and Regino of Prum ; Alia musica ; Pseudo-Bernelinus, Bern of Reichenau, pseudo-Odo, and Guido d'Arezzo |
| Summary |
Charles Atkinson confronts an important and vexing enigma of early writings on music: why chant, which was understood to be divinely inspired, needed to be altered in order to work within the modal system of the times |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Music theory -- History -- 500-1400.
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Music theory -- To 500 -- Influence
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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Music theory
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780195148886 |
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0195148886 |
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9780199722389 |
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0199722382 |
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