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BY-NC-ND 4.0 license Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

Some Medieval Relics of Saints’ Plainchant Offices

From the book Disiecta Membra Musicae

  • David Hiley

Abstract

The transmission of cycles of office chants for local saints often follows a path different from that of the main body of liturgical chant. While some offices were known across a fairly large area, others were restricted to only one diocese, or even a single institution. The value of fragments of such offices varies correspondingly. Examples are discussed from the offices for Emmeram, Vitus, Catherine, Margaret, Afra, and George. The problems they present concern variously the liturgical occasion and order of the chants, their musical notation, and their place in the wider tradition of medieval chant.

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