From the High Middle Ages the dominance of Gregorian chant has
obscured the fact that musical practice in early medieval Europe
was far richer than has hitherto been recognized. Despite its
historical importance, the "Gregorian" is not the most consistent
and probably not the oldest form of Christian chant. The recovery
and study of regional musical dialects having a common ancestry in
the Christian church and Western musical tradition are reshaping
our view of the early history of Christian liturgical music. Thomas
Kelly's major study of the Beneventan chant reinstates one of the
oldest surviving bodies of Western music: the Latin church music of
southern Italy as it existed before the spread of Gregorian chant.
Dating from the seventh and eighth centuries it was largely
forgotten after the Carolingian desire for political and liturgical
uniformity imposed "Gregorian" chant throughout the realm. But a
few later scribes, starting apparently in the tenth century,
preserved a part of this regional heritage in writing. This book
reassembles and describes the surviving repertory.
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