Anglican Chant and Chanting in England, Scotland, and America, 1660 to 1820This book presents, for the first time, a history of English liturgical chant as performed in the Church of England and its transmission to churches in Scotland and the United States. In the mid-sixteenth century Reformation, the complex ritual of the latin rite was replaced by a one-volume Book of Common Prayer, in English. The general nature of the new rubrics, expecially for music, left many of the details of performance to be worked out in traditional ways. Thus the music evolved from its Latin roots in oral, and later, written practice. The body of music that makes up the chanting practice of Anglican and related churches around the world is indeed diversified. Some texts of the liturgy are harmonized in four or more voive parts, often with organ accompaniment, and others are sung in plainsong. The largest group of chants, those for the psalms and canticles, has an idiosyncratic written form and a performance practice that continues to evolve in oral tradition. This music is commonly known as Anglican chant. Its origins in the seventeenth century and its codification in the eighteenth are explored in the choral establishments of the Church of England and parish churches in England, Scotland, and the United States. |
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Contents
The Ecclesiastical Settlement and the 1662 Book of Common | 1 |
The Evolution of the Chant Tune | 59 |
Chanting Service and Double Tune | 103 |
Chanting and Choral Service c 1690c 1820 | 125 |
Chants and Chanting in Parish Churches c 17101820 | 163 |
Music and Liturgy in the Episcopal Church of Scotland | 192 |
Early Episcopal Music in America | 217 |
Per Retro et Recte | 259 |
Common terms and phrases
Anglican Chant Anthems bass Benjamin Carr Bishop Book of Common Bremner cadence canon canticles Cathedral Music chant tunes Chapel Royal Chetham choir choral service chord Church Music Church of England Collection College Common Prayer Communion composed congregation copied countertenor Creed dbl ch deum double chant doxology EDC/Music Edinburgh eighteenth century English Episcopal Church faburden G 3v Gloria Harmony Hymns John Litany liturgy London Lord manuscript Marsh mediant melody metrical psalm Minster Morning Prayer Music MSS musicians Norwich Cathedral notes organ organbook organist Oxford parish churches performance plainsong Playford practice prayer book Priest printed prose psalm chants psalm tone Psalm Tunes Psalmody Rayner Taylor rc tunes recitation repertory responses Restoration rubrics Scottish service music Sgl ch singing Single Chants Smith St Paul's St Paul's Cathedral sung syllables Te deum tenor Thomas tone treble Tudway Turner Venite exultemus verse voice William worship York Minster
References to this book
Humanism and the Reform of Sacred Music in Early Modern England: John ... Hyun-Ah Kim Limited preview - 2008 |