UID:
almahu_9949623475702882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 399 pages) :
,
illustrations.
ISBN:
9780197503799
Series Statement:
Currents in Latin American & Iberian music
Content:
The Hispanic rite, a medieval non-Roman Western liturgy, was practiced across the Iberian Peninsula for over half a millennium and functioned as the most distinct marker of Christian identity in this region. As Christians typically began every liturgical day throughout the year by singing a vespertinus, this chant genre in particular provides a unique window into the cultural and religious life of medieval Iberia. The Hispanic rite has the largest corpus of extant manuscripts of all non-Roman liturgies in the West, which testifies to the importance placed on their transmission through political and cultural upheavals. Its chants, however, use a notational system that lacks clear specification of pitch and has kept them barred from in-depth study. 'Text, Liturgy and Music in the Hispanic Rite' provides a detailed analysis of the interactions between textual, liturgical, and musical variables across the entire extant repertoire of a chant genre central to the Hispanic rite, the vespertinus.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2021.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780197503768
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780197503768.001.0001
