Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Jubal vel Pythagoras, quis sit inventor musicae?; The A Capella Question: The rejection of the aulos in Classical Greece; The exclusion of instruments from the ancient Synagogue; The meaning of the patristic polemic against musical instruments; Musical instruments in medieval psalm commentaries and psalters; The 10th-century organ at Winchester; A capella doctrine versus practice: a necessary distinction; The Psalmody of Jewish and Christian Antiquity: On the question of psalmody in the ancient synagogue; The 4th-century origin of the gradual; Review of Aimée Georges Martimort, Les lectures liturgiques et leurs livres; Desert monasticism and the psalmodic movement of the 4th century; Preface to the study of the Alleluia; Toward early Western Chant: Properization: the Roman Mass; Lector chant versus schola chant: a question of historical plausibility; Antoine Chavasse and the dating of early chant; Iconography: The fifteen Temple steps and the gradual psalms; Index.

About the Author

James McKinnon formerly University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA

Reviews

' ..if any journal arrives with an article by [James McKinnon] , I turn to it first, knowing that he will deal with absolute clarity with matters that are often shrouded in hypotheses...An extremely useful compilation.' Early Music Review, No. 47 '...a serious student of either liturgical history or the early chant tradition will find this collection to be very valuable.' Worship, Vol. 73, No. 5 '...both knowledgeable and enjoyable...this is a good, solid, and intriguing book recommended to church musicians as well as to musical and church history enthusiasts who would like to delve deeper into provocative and fascinating questions.' Pastoral Music