The English plainchant revival
By: Bennett Zon.
Series: Oxford studies in British church music
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Gregorian chants -- History and criticism.; Church music -- England -- 18th century.; Church music -- England -- 19th century.; Church music -- Catholic Church.; Church music -- Church of England.
Description: This book provides a general introduction to the sources of the plainchant revival in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England. In this volume, the author brings together a host of previously undiscovered or unknown eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources, drawing mainly upon printed and manuscript works. Contemporary periodical and occasional literature provide further insight into their musical and social context.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-393) and index.