San Antonio College Library

This book conducts the reader on a fascinating pilgrimage through the early chant manuscripts. Under the expert guidance of whose erudition is matched by his clarity of exposition, the rhythmic problems of the notations find a solution that is as simple as it is convincing. The author originally followed the accentualist theory of chant interpretation. He had learnt this theory, which takes the verbal text as main rhythmic determinant, under the late...

Richard L. Crocker offers in this book and its accompanying compact disc an introduction to the history and meaning of the Gregorian chant. He explains how Gregorian chant began, what functions and meanings it had over time, who heard it and where, and how it was composed, learned, written down and handed on. Crocker explains Gregorian chant and its functions within modern catholic liturgy as well as its position outside this liturgy, where the modern...