The Making of the Dominican Liturgy and Its Chant

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Eleanor J. Giraud (University of Limerick)

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English

Cambridge University Press
04 June 2026

Choral music; Sacred & religious music; Christian Churches & denominations

The founding and establishment of the Dominican order of friars was one of the defining developments of the first half of the thirteenth century. After a period of rapid growth and spread, the order set about establishing and promulgating forms of worship for use in all of its communities. This liturgy became highly influential and was used well beyond the Dominicans' own churches. This book considers the making of the Dominican liturgy and its chant from two perspectives: first, the material production of Dominican liturgical books, and second, the crafting of a unique Dominican liturgical tradition. This is explored through the microcosm of three thirteenth-century exemplars, which acted as a blueprint for the Dominican liturgy for centuries to come. This study of the physical and conceptual making of the liturgy, considered in dialogue, illuminates the development of the Dominican liturgy, granting us new insights into the practices and values of those involved.

By: Eleanor J. Giraud (University of Limerick)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 644g
ISBN: 9781009712187
ISBN 10: 1009712187
Pages: 374
Publication Date: 04 June 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eleanor J. Giraud is Associate Professor of Ritual Chant and Song at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. She has coedited A Companion to the English Dominican Province (2021) and The Medieval Dominicans: Books, Buildings, Music, and Liturgy (2021). She sourced and transcribed medieval chant for the primetime BBC One documentary 'Danny Dyer's Right Royal Family', broadcast in 2019.

Reviews for The Making of the Dominican Liturgy and Its Chant

'With consummate command of the manuscripts and their scribes, Giraud unpicks the processes by which a medieval religious order unified its worship practices. Her insights bring far-reaching implications, not only for scholars of the Dominican order, but also for anyone interested in music palaeography, book production and wider traditions of thirteenth-century music.' Henry Parkes, Associate Professor of Music, University of Nottingham