The Musical World of a Medieval Monk
Adémar de Chabannes in Eleventh-century Aquitaine
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Product details:
- Publisher Cambridge University Press
- Date of Publication 14 December 2006
- ISBN 9780521856287
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages384 pages
- Size 229x152x25 mm
- Weight 770 g
- Language English 0
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A study of the musical activities of Ad&&&233;mar de Chabannes, the eleventh-century monk.
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James Grier documents the musical activities of Ad&&&233;mar de Chabannes, eleventh-century monk, historian, homilist and tireless polemicist for the apostolic status of Saint Martial, patron saint of the abbey that bore his name in Limoges. Ad&&&233;mar left behind some 451 folios of music with notation in his autograph hand, a musical resource without equal before the seventeenth century. He introduced, at strategic moments, pieces familiar from the standard liturgy for an apostle and items of his own composition. These reveal Ad&&&233;mar to be a supremely able designer of liturgies and a highly original composer. This study analyses his accomplishments as a musical scribe, compiler of liturgies, editor of existing musical works and composer; it also offers a speculative consideration of his abilities as a singer; and finally, it places Ad&&&233;mar's musical activities in the context of liturgical, musical and political developments at the abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges.
Review of the hardback: 'To have identified a substantial body of music composed by and copied in the hand of this eleventh-century monk represents a breathtaking synthesis of research that few medievalists would have deemed possible several decades ago. To be able to date much of the music and its copying to a six-month period in the year 1029 is simply stunning. And to have such a musical &&&339;uvre accessible from someone in the first half of the eleventh century is unprecedented. If anyone doubts that real history can be as captivating as the best fiction, come meet Ad&&&233;mar and read this book.' Journal of the American Musicological Society
Table of Contents:
Introduction. Ad&&&233;mar de Chabannes and Saint Martial de Limoges; Music scribe; Compiler; Editor; Composer; Singer; Conclusion. The success of the Apostolic Campaign; Appendix A. Manuscripts with Ad&&&233;mar's music hand; Appendix B. Ad&&&233;mar's original compositions; Bibliography.
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