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- Title
The Grammar and Rhetoric of Gregorian Chant: Gregorian melodies reflect technical characteristics of their texts.
- Authors
Mahrt, William
- Abstract
The article explores how Gregorian melodies reflect technical characteristics of their texts. It mentions that theoretical work on Gregorian chant was done by monastic theorists, for whom grammar was a principal discipline. It also mentions that Calvin Bower has set out the theorists' description of distinctions including comma, colon, and period, citing the articulation of these parts in the melodies by cadences.
- Subjects
GREGORIAN chants; CATHOLIC liturgy; MUSIC theorists; CADENCES (Music theory); MELODIES (Songs)
- Publication
Sacred Music, 2016, Vol 143, Issue 4, p29
- ISSN
0036-2255
- Publication type
Article