The musical world of a medieval monk
Subtitle: Adémar de Chabannes in eleventh-century Aquitaine
By: James Grier
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
ISBN-13: 9780521856287
Subjects: Adémar, -- de Chabannes, -- 988-1034 -- Criticism and interpretation; Benedictines -- France -- Aquitaine; Church music -- France -- Aquitaine -- 500-1400
Description: "James Grier documents the musical activities of Ademar de Chabannes, eleventh-century monk, historian, homilist and tireless polemicist for the apostolic status of Saint Martial, patron saint of the abbey that bore his name in Limoges."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-358) and indexes