000			01525nam a2200193Ia 4500
005			20240808091436.0
020			_a9781108421409
082			_a780.1 _bRAN
100			_aRankin, Susan
245		0	_aWriting sounds in carolingian europe/ _cSusan Rankin
250			_a1st ed.
260			_bCambridge, _c2018.
300			_axxiii,404 pages
500			_a"Musical notation has not always existed: in the West, musical traditions have often depended on transmission from mouth to ear, and ear to mouth. Although the Ancient Greeks had a form of musical notation, it was not passed on to the medieval Latin West. This comprehensive study investigates the breadth of use of musical notation in Carolingian Europe, including many examples previously unknown in studies of notation, to deliver a crucial foundational model for the understanding of later Western notations. An overview of the study of neumatic notations from the French monastic scholar Dom Jean Mabillon (1632-1707) up to the present day precedes an examination of the function and potential of writing in support of a musical practice which continued to depend on trained memory. Later chapters examine passages of notation to reveal those ways in which scripts were shaped by contemporary rationalizations of musical sound. Finally, the new scripts are situated in the cultural and social contexts in which they emerged.includes bibliographical references and index
650			_aMusic
650			_aManuscripts
650			_aMusical notation
942			_cENG
999			_c193787 _d193787