Table of Contents

PART I: CHRISTIAN CHANT OF THE EASTERN CHURCHES: Milos Velimirovic: Christian chant in Syria, Armenia, Egypt, and Ethiopia; Byzantine chant; PART II: CHRISTIAN CHANT OF THE WESTERN CHURCHES: Kenneth Levy: Latin chant outside the Roman tradition; Richard Crocker: Liturgical materials of Roman chant; Chants of the Roman office; Chants of the Roman Mass; PART III: MEDIEVAL MONOPHONY IN WESTERN EUROPE: Richard Crocker: Medieval chant; Susan Rankin: Liturgical
drama; John Stevens: Medieval song; PART IV: MEDIEVAL POLYPHONY IN WESTERN EUROPE: Christopher Page: Instruments and Instrumental Music before 1300; Sarah Fuller: Early Polyphony; Janet Knapp:
Polyphony at Notre Dame of Paris; Richard Crocker: French polyphony of the thirteenth century; Polyphony in England in the thirteenth century

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