Gregorian Chant
by Willi Apel
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Willi Apel's classic study of Gregorian chant is now in paperback. This extensive survey describes the evolutionary processes of its long history as well as its definition and terminology, the structure of the liturgy, the texts, the notation, the rhythm, the tonality, and the methods and forms of psalmody.Tags
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Willi Apel (1893-1988), Professor Emeritus of Music at Indiana University, was a renowned authority on early music and a prolific author. Among his many books are The Notation of Polyphonic Music, 900-1600, the first edition of the Harvard Dictionary of Music, and The History of Keyboard Music to 1700.
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- Canonical title
- Gregorian Chant
- Original publication date
- 1958
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- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History
- DDC/MDS
- 783.5 — Arts & recreation Music Music for single voices [formerly: sacred music] Scores and performance techniques for single low voice [formerly: Nonliturgical chants]
- LCC
- ML3082 .A64 — Music Literature on music Literature on music History and criticism Vocal music
- BISAC
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 2
