Sounding the Word of God
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-20343-6 (ISBN)
During the late eighth and ninth centuries, there were dramatic changes in the way European medieval scribes made books for singers, moving from heavy reliance on unwritten knowledge to the introduction of musical notation into manuscripts. Well-made liturgical books were vital to the success of the Carolingian fight for Christian salvation: these were the basis for carrying out worship correctly, rendering it most effective in petitions to the Christian God. In Sounding the Word of God, Susan Rankin explores Carolingian concern with the expression and control of sound in writing—discernible through instructions for readers and singers visible in liturgical books. Her central focus is on books made for singers, including those made for priests. The emergence of musical notations for ecclesiastical chant and of books designed to accommodate those notations, Rankin concludes, are important aspects of the impact of Carolingian reforming zeal on material culture.
The book has three sections. Part 1 considers late antique and early medieval texts, which deal with the value of singing and its necessary regulation. Part 2 describes and investigates techniques used by Carolingian scribes to provide instructions for readers and singers. The extant books themselves are the focus of part 3. Rankin’s analysis of over two hundred manuscripts and extensive supporting images represents the work of a scholar who has spent a lifetime with the sources; her explication of the images, particularly those of the earlier manuscripts, changes the way in which musicologists and liturgical scholars will view the images. Indeed, it will change the way in which they approach the unfolding history of chant and liturgy in the Carolingian period.
Susan Rankin is emeritus professor of medieval music at the University of Cambridge and Vice-Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. She is the author and co-editor of a number of books, including Writing Sounds in Carolingian Europe: The Invention of Musical Notation.
List of Illustrations
List of Music Examples
List of Tables
Note on Musical Examples
Note on Manuscript Citations
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Making Chant Books
Part I. Reforming and Regulating
1. Musical Persuasion
2. Musical Eloquence
3. The Provision and Ownership of Chant Books
Part II. Displaying Pronuntiatio
4. Making Instructions Visible
5. The Delivery of Festal Readings and Prayers
6. Singing the Psalms
Part III. Making Chant Books
7. Books for Priests and Books for Singers
8. Purple, Gold, Silver and Ivory
9. New Directions
10. Fulfillment and Transformation
Appendix. Feasts with chants included in the second sacramentary in Paris BnF lat. 9430 and Tours 184
Bibliography
Index of Manuscripts
General Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.10.2022 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Conway Lectures in Medieval Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | 24 Printed music items; 16 Tables, unspecified; 43 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Notre Dame IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-268-20343-1 / 0268203431 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-268-20343-6 / 9780268203436 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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