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PLAINSONG NEWAND OLD: THE VERSIFIED OFFICE FOR STANSANUS OF SIENA.
- Source :
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Music & Letters . Feb2017, Vol. 98 Issue 1, p1-31. 31p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00274224
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Music & Letters
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 123029263
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ml/gcx001