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Gregorian Chant

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ISBN-10: 0253206014

ISBN-13: 9780253206015

Edition: 1960

Authors: Willi Apel

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1960
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 1/22/1960
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 2.046

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Preface and Acknowledgment
Bibliography
The Liturgy and its Development
Definition and Terminology
The Structure of the Liturgy
The Liturgical Year
The Liturgical Day
The Liturgical Books
Ordinary and Proper
The Office Hours
The Mass
Exceptional Masses
Origin and Development to c. 600
The Pre-Christian Roots
Historical Data from the First to the Eigth Centuries
From the First Century to c. 380
From Damasus to Gregory
The Development after 600
The Sources
The Cycle of Feasts
The Mass Formularies
The Music
General Aspects of the Chant
The Texts
The Psalms
Psalm Verses
Non-psalmodic Texts
The Notation
The Standard Notation
The Basic Neumes
The Liquescent Neumes
The Repercussive Neumes
The Early Neumes
The Development of Neumatic Notation
The Notation of the Solesmes Books
The Problem of Rhythm
The Tonality
The Church Modes
Modal Classification and Distribution
Modal Characteristics of the Melodies
The Regular Chants
Limited Range
Excessive Range
The B-flat
Transposition
Modal Ambiguity
Methods and Forms of Psalmody
Direct Psalmody
Responsorial Psalmody
Antiphonal Psalmody
Questions of Performance
Stylistic Analysis
The Liturgical Recitative
General Observations
The Tones for the Readings and Prayers
The Psalm Tones
Psalm Tones and Psalm Texts
Psalm Tones and Antiphons
The Tones of the Canticles
The Tones for the Introits
The Tones for the Great Responsories
The Tones of the Invitatory Psalm
The Short Responsories
The Free Compositions: General Aspects
Characteristics of Melodic Design
Total Range
Phrase Structure
Melodic Progressions
Repetition of Melodic Units
Cadences
Melody and Text
Textual and Melodic Phrases
The Textual Accent
The Sustaining (Melismatic) Accent
The Tonic Accent
The Cursus
Expression, Mood, Word-Painting
The Free Compositions According to Types
The Introits
The Communions
The Tracts
The Tracts of the Eighth Mode
The Tracts of the Second Mode
The Great Responsories
The Responsories of Mode 2
The Responsories of Mode 8
The Other Responsories
The Graduals
The Graduals of Mode 5
The Graduals of Mode 1
The Graduals of Modes 3 and 4
The Graduals of Modes 7 and 8
The Gradual-Type Justus ut Palma
The Offertories
The Alleluias
The Antiphons
The Chants of the Mass Ordinary
The Kyrie
The Gloria
The Credo
The Sanctus
The Agnus Dei
The Mass Ordinary as a Cycle
The Hymns
The Tropes
The Textual Tropes
The Textual-Musical Tropes
The Musical Tropes
The Sequences
Ambrosian Chant
The Liturgical Year
The Liturgical Day
The Psalm Tones
The Office Chants
The Ordinary Chants of the Mass
The Proper Chants of the Mass
Modality
Concluding Remarks
The Old-Roman Chant
The Sources for the Mass Chants
The Introits
The Communions
The Offertories
The Graduals
The Tracts
The Alleluias
The Sources for the Office Chants
The Responsories
The Antiphons
The Problem of Chronology
Conclusion: Prolegomena to a History of Gregorian Style
Index