01334 a2200253 4500 1351754017 20250317111613.0 250312042019GB eng 9781351754019 Taylor & Francis GBP 52.99 BB 01 eng JHB thema JHB bic SOC000000 bisac SOC026000 bisac 782.29209 bisac Emma Hornby Gregorian and Old Roman Eighth-mode Tracts: A Case Study in the Transmission of Western Chant A Case Study in the Transmission of Western Chant 1 Oxford Routledge 20190115 420 p This title was first published in 2002: This text uses detailed analysis of the eigth-mode tracts in addressing some of the still unresolved questions of chant scholarship. The first question is that of the nature of the relationship between Old Roman and Gregorian chant, the second, of the relationship between oral and written modes of transmission in the ecclesiastical culture of the Middle Ages. Also, the Middle Ages saw a transition to a culture more dependent on writing. The book investigates the effect this transition had on the way eighth-mode tracts were understood by those who performed and notated them. 5081 5081