Feb 21, 2025
The Christian West and Its Singers: The First Thousand
Years, by the great English musicologist Christopher Page,
covers the development of Christian liturgical music from its
origins as an elaboration of the role of the lector to its
flourishing in the monastic and cathedral singing schools of
France, as Roman chant was spread across Europe. One of the most
important developments was the gradual development of a system of
notation in the late first millennium, culminating in Guido
d’Arezzo’s invention of the musical staff which allowed singers to
learn melodies they had never heard before. Guido was motivated by
the desire to reform monastic singing and enable monks to fulfil
their duties more easily. This went along with a the
development of music theory far beyond anything that could be found
in the classical sources.
Christopher Page, The Christian West and Its
Singers https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300112573/the-christian-west-and-its-singers/
Gothic Voices ensemble https://gothicvoices.co.uk/
Christopher Page playing Renaissance guitar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KW34ucTnhI&ab_channel=GreshamCollege
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