Ambrosiana At Harvard : New Sources of Milanese Chant
By: Kelly, Thomas Forrest (Edited by), Mugmon, Matthew (Edited by).
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library. Published: 30/01/2010. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade). Paperback. Sourced from U.S.A.
This collection of ten essays constitutes the proceedings of a two-day conference held at Harvard in October 2007. The conference focused on three medieval manuscripts of Ambrosian chant owned by Houghton Library. The Ambrosian liturgy and its music, practiced in and around medieval Milan, were rare regional survivors of the Catholic Church's attempt to adopt a universal Roman liturgy and the chant now known as Gregorian. Two of the manuscripts under scrutiny had been recently acquired (one perhaps the oldest surviving source of Ambrosian music), and the third manuscript, long held among the Library's collections of illuminated manuscripts, had been newly identified as Ambrosian. The generously illustrated essays gathered here represent the work of established experts and younger scholars. Together they explore the manuscripts as physical objects and place them in their urban and historical contexts, as well as in the musical and ecclesiastical context of Milan, Italy, and medieval Europe. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0981885802/9780981885803
TITLE: Ambrosiana at Harvard CONTRIBUTORS: Kelly, Thomas Forrest (Edited by), Mugmon, Matthew (Edited by) IMPRINT: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library PUBLISHER: Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library FORMAT: Paperback PUBLICATION DATE: 30/01/2010
SUBJECT: , Music, Sacred & Religious DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 175mm x 254mm PAGES: 400 AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade) ILLUSTRATIONS: 120 color illustrations, 100 halftones
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