Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant

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Peter Jeffery

Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures

Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant

Peter Jeffery

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English

University of Chicago Press
01 December 1995

Theory of music & musicology; Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Sacred & religious music

Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE

Studying Gregorian chant presents many problems to the researcher because its most important stages of development were not recorded in writing. From the sixth to the tenth century, this form of music existed only in song as medieval musicians relied on their memories and voices to pass each verse from one generation to the next.

Peter Jeffery offers an innovative new approach for understanding how these melodies were created, memorized, performed, and modified. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including anthropology and ethnomusicology, he identifies characteristics of Gregorian chant that closely resemble other oral traditions in non-Western cultures and demonstrates ways music historians can take into account the social, cultural, and anthropological contexts of chant's development.

By: Peter Jeffery
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 16mm, Spine: 1mm
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780226395807
ISBN 10: 0226395804
Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
Pages: 222
Publication Date: 01 December 1995
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Jeffery, a MacArthur Fellow, is professor of music at Princeton University.