Re-Envisioning Past Musical Cultures
Subtitle: Ethnomusicology in the Study of Gregorian Chant (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780226395807
Subjects: Early music (up to c 1000 CE); Sacred & religious music; Theory of music & musicology; Medieval Music; Music; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Genres & Styles - International; Religion / Ritual & Practices; Ethnomusicology; Instruction & Study - Voice; Chants (Plain, Gregorian, etc.); History and criticism
First sentence: At one time, as the late antique world was turning into the early medieval one, the Christian communities of Europe, north Africa, and the Middle East worshipped using a great variety of liturgical chant dialects.