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- Title
PLAINSONG NEWAND OLD: THE VERSIFIED OFFICE FOR STANSANUS OF SIENA.
- Authors
BRAND, BENJAMIN
- Abstract
The versified office of St Ansanus of Siena at first appears to be but one of numerous offices composed for local saints in the late Middle Ages. Yet a newly discovered source, the manuscript Arezzo, Archivio Capitolare, Duomo H (c.1320), invites a reconsideration of its historical and musical significance. This office was not, as previously thought, composed exclusively in Siena. It was instead the product of a de facto collaboration between that city and its historic rival, Arezzo, a scenario that belies the competitive spirit characteristic of most saints' cults in the Middle Ages. Finally, the version of the office of St Ansanus sung in Siena illustrates a distinctive, 'neo-Gregorian' style of plainsong characterized by the adaptation of Gregorian tune families and melodic formulae to rhymed accentual poetry. Indeed, it marks a rare rejection of the more modern, 'post-Gregorian' styles typical of versified offices.
- Subjects
MEDIEVAL church, 600-1500; GREGORIAN chants; MIDDLE Ages -- Social aspects; MIDDLE Ages; D'ACCONE, Frank; HISTORY of Siena, Italy; MARTYRDOM in Christianity; RELIGION; HISTORY
- Publication
Music & Letters, 2017, Vol 98, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0027-4224
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ml/gcx001