Byzantine neumes : a new introduction to the Middle Byzantine musical notation /

Byzantine neumes : a new introduction to the Middle Byzantine musical notation /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Troelsgård, C. (Christian)
Imprint:	Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press ; Lancaster : Gazelle [distributor], 2011.
Description:	141 p. : facsims., map, music ; 29 cm. + 1 booklet ([4] p.) in pocket
Language:	English
Series:	Monumenta musicae Byzantinae. Subsidia, 0105-3566 ; v. 9 Monumenta musicae Byzantinae. Subsidia ; v. 9.
Subject:	Neumes. Byzantine chants -- Analysis, appreciation. Church music -- Orthodox Eastern Church -- 500-1400. Church music -- Orthodox Eastern Church. Neumes.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8737739

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ISBN:	9788763531580 (hbk.) 8763531585 (hbk.)
Notes:	Accompanied by "Quick reference card" (4 p. ; 29 cm.). Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-131) and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
I. The chant texts
II. Preliminary remarks on the Byzantine notations
III. The varieties of Byzantine musical notations
IV. Transcription of the Middle Byzantine notation
V. The Signs of the Middle Byzantine notation
VI. Modes, melody and intervals
VII. The Byzantine chant styles
Appendix: Specimens of manuscripts with known dates and provenances
Bibliography and abbreviations
Index of proper names
Index of manuscripts
Index of neumes and principal subjects
Monumenta Musicae Byzantinae-Descriptive catalogue