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The Musical World of a Medieval Monk

Ademar De Chabannes in Eleventh-century Aquitaine

by James Grier

  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm

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James Grier documents the musical activities of Ademar 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. Ademar 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 Ademar 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 Ademar's musical activities in the context of liturgical, musical and political developments at the abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges.
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  • Author

    James Grier

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    November 2009

  • Weight

    563g

  • Page Count

    384

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521122771

  • ISBN-10

    0521122775

  • Eden Code

    4574768

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