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THE ENGLISH PLAINCHANT REVIVAL
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| By: |
Professor Bennett Zon |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£212.50 |
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£212.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0198165951 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780198165958 |
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| Publisher: |
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
17 June, 1999 |
| Series: |
Oxford Studies in British Church Music |
| Pages: |
432 |
| Description: |
The revival of plainchant in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England was a turning point in the history of Anglican and Catholic musical worship. It led in its time to not only the preservation of much-loved melodies, but also to heated controversy. By the middle of the nineteenth-century, plainchant had returned as a central part of traditional liturgy. This study provides a general introduction to the sources of the plainchant revival in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England. |
| Synopsis: |
This study provides a general introduction to the sources of the plainchant revival in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England. Part I examines the eighteenth-century Catholic revival, in particular the work of John Frances Wade, a Roman Catholic plainchant scribe and publisher. His work centred on the Roman Catholic foreign embassy chapels in London during the waning years of the recusancy period, and his collaboration with contemporary publishers and musicians is evidenced in numerous contemporary letters, music manuscripts, and printed works. In Part II the starting point for the Roman Catholic revival is Novello's A Collection of Sacred Music and for the Anglican revival, Reinagle's A Collection of Psalm & Hymn Tunes. Pro-Gregorian enthusiasts monitored the progress of the revival well into the nineteenth century, but it was not until the late 1830s that plainchant became a cause celebre in Anglican and Catholic worship alike. A multiplicity of plainchant publications fol |
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numerous music examples, figures |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Clarendon Press |
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