Understanding the Old Hispanic Office: Texts, Melodies, and Devotion in Early Medieval Iberia

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Emma Hornby (University of Bristol) Kati Ihnat (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

Understanding the Old Hispanic Office

Texts, Melodies, and Devotion in Early Medieval Iberia

Emma Hornby (University of Bristol), Kati Ihnat (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Rebecca Maloy (University of Colorado Boulder) , Raquel Rojo Carrillo (University of Cambridge)

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English

Cambridge University Press
22 December 2022

Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600); Medieval history; History of religion

Based on highly original archival and palaeographical research, this is the first methodological and factual primer in English on the distinctive liturgical tradition of early medieval Spain. It provides clear and approachable blueprints for future work on the description and analysis (musical, theological and cultural) of this and other liturgies. For non-specialists, the authors introduce the main features of Old Hispanic liturgy, its manuscripts, its services and its liturgical genres. For specialists, they model a variety of ways to work with the Old Hispanic materials in depth, incorporating notational, musical, theological and historical perspectives. For those interested in musical notation, the book lays out a method for working with unpitched neumes, with illustrative results, that will inspire and challenge others working on monophonic chant. For historians and liturgists, the texts and melodies are analysed in combination with the theological context that informed their creation.

By: Emma Hornby (University of Bristol), Kati Ihnat (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen), Rebecca Maloy (University of Colorado Boulder), Raquel Rojo Carrillo (University of Cambridge)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 251mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.050kg
ISBN: 9781108845892
ISBN 10: 1108845894
Pages: 450
Publication Date: 22 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. The Old Hispanic office: evidence and silence Kati Ihnat; 2. The liturgical year in the Old Hispanic rite Raquel Rojo Carrillo and Emma Hornby; 3. Old Hispanic liturgical manuscripts Emma Hornby and Raquel Rojo Carrillo; 4. Old Hispanic genres: chants, prayers and readings Emma Hornby and Raquel Rojo Carrillo; 5. The Old Hispanic liturgical day Emma Hornby and Raquel Rojo Carrillo; 6. Old Hispanic musical notation: its characteristics and an analytical methodology Emma Hornby, Rebecca Maloy and Raquel Rojo Carrillo; 7. Melodic language in Old Hispanic chant: illustrating an analytical methodology Emma Hornby and Rebecca Maloy; 8. Text, melody and theology in the Old Hispanic Marian office Kati Ihnat and Rebecca Maloy.

Emma Hornby is Professor of Music at the University of Bristol. As Principal Investigator, she directed the ERC-funded Old Hispanic Office research project that formed the basis of this book. Kati Ihnat is an Assistant Professor of History at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, specialising in the religious cultures of the Middle Ages. Rebecca Maloy is professor of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is the author of three monographs, most recently Songs of Sacrifice, on the Old Hispanic offertory. Raquel Rojo Carrillo is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Music. Her research focuses on medieval Iberian plainchant.