Gregorian chant and the Carolingians

Princeton University Press

1998

x, 271 pages

From Gregory to the Ottonians -- A Gregorian processional antiphon -- Toledo, Rome, and the legacy of Gaul -- Charlemagne's archtype of Gregorian chant -- On the origin of neumes -- On Gregorian orality -- Abbot Helisachar's antiphone -- Aurelian's use of neumes -- Plainchant before neumes -- A Carolingian visual model -- Memory, neumes, and square notations

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