Cultural Transfer of Music Between Byzantium and the West? : : The Case of the Chants of the So-Called Missa Graeca.

• Superior document: Byzantina Australiensia Series ; v.27
• Author: Wanek, Nina-Maria.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Byzantina Australiensia Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (687 pages)

This is the first comprehensive study of Greek language ordinary chants (Gloria/Doxa, Credo/Pisteuo, Sanctus/Hagios and Agnus Dei/Amnos tu theu) in Western manuscripts from the 9th to the 14th centuries. For the first time, this book presents an in-depth analysis of these chants and their historical, linguistic and theological-liturgical environment from a Byzantine perspective. The new approach enables the author to refute numerous (and largely contradictory) theories on the origin and development of the Missa Graeca and provides new answers to old questions.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Chants of the Missa graeca -- 1.1 Definition -- 1.2 Critical Review of the Literature -- 1.2.1 From the Beginnings until about 1920 -- 1.2.2 From ca. 1920 to ca. 1950 -- 1.2.3 From ca. 1950 to ca. 1980 -- 1.2.4 From 1980 until Today -- 1.3 The Messe grecque of St Denis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 The Missa graeca in Music-Liturgical Manuscripts -- Geographical Aspect -- Chronological Aspect -- Monastic Aspect -- 2.1 East Frankish Manuscripts -- Parish Church "Zu Unserer Lieben Frau" Bamberg -- Benedictine Abbey St Emmeram in Regensburg -- Benedictine Abbey of St Gall -- Benedictine Abbey Rheinau and/or Benedictine Abbey St Gall -- Essen Abbey (Monastery of Secular Canonesses) -- Lower Rhine Area -- Monastery of the Poor Clares in Clarenberg (Dortmund-Hörde) -- Benedictine Abbey St Alban Mainz -- Cathedral Chapter Freising -- Benedictine Abbey Tegernsee -- Heidenheim Monastery Near Eichstätt or Eichstätt Monastery -- Italian Manuscripts -- Benedictine Abbey San Rufino / Mantua -- Monastery Santo Stefano or San Pietro Cathedral / Bologna -- San Geminiano Cathedral/Modena -- 2.2 West Frankish Manuscripts -- Cathedral Sainte-Anne in Apt -- Carthusian Monastery Mont-Dieu (Ardennes)/Carthusian Monastery Herne Near Brussels -- Old Minster Winchester -- Worcester Cathedral/Old Minster Winchester -- Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Laon -- Saint-Nazaire Cathedral in Autun -- Benedictine Abbey of St Géraud in Aurillac/Benedictine Abbey of St Martial in Limoges -- Benedictine Abbey of St Pierre in Moissac/Benedictine Abbey of St Géraud in Aurillac -- Benedictine Abbey of St Martial in Limoges -- Arles Cathedral or St Martial in Limoges -- Benedictine Abbey of St Amand -- Canon Monastery of St Martin in Tours.

Benedictine Abbey of St Vaast in Arras/Benedictine Abbey St Denis -- Benedictine Abbey of St Denis -- St Cyr Cathedral in Nevers -- 2.3 Placement and Order of the Chants -- 2.3.1 Aquitanian Manuscripts -- 2.3.2 St Gall Manuscripts -- 2.3.3 Among Ordinary Tropes -- 2.3.4 Among the Tropes for Specific Feasts -- 2.3.5 In Unrelated Sections -- 2.3.6 Scrutiny -- 2.3.7 Insertions without Context -- 2.4 Tropes or No Tropes? -- 2.4a The Interlinear Doxa in the St Gall Manuscripts -- 2.4b The Interlinear Amnos tu theu in the St Gall Manuscripts -- 2.4c The Interlinear Amnos in the Aquitanian Manuscripts -- Chapter 3 The Missa graeca in Other Manuscripts -- 3.1 The Sacramentaries as First Witnesses -- RUS-SPsc Q.v.I 41 (St Amand [for Tournai?], ca. 870) -- S-Sk A 136 (St Amand, ca. 860 or 870-880) -- F-Pn Lat. 2290 (St Amand or [for] St Denis, ca. 875-883) -- F-Pn Lat. 2291 (St Amand, 875-877 or 881-883) -- F-LA 118 (Second Half of the 9th Century) -- 3.2 Glossaries, Grammars, and Anthologies -- a) Manuscripts (except Psalters) from the 8th to 10th Century -- b) Manuscripts (except Psalters) from the 11th to the 13th (15th) Century -- 3.3 Psalters -- Psalters from the 8th to 12th Century -- 3.4 The All-Saints Litany -- a) A Short History of the All-Saints Litany -- b) Syrian-Greek Hypothesis -- c) Bishop's Hypothesis -- d) The All-Saints' Litany in Frankish Manuscripts -- 3.4.1 The All-Saints Litany Together with Missa Graeca Chants -- Chapter 4 The Texts of the Missa Graeca Chants -- a) Alphabets -- b) Glossaries and Grammars -- c) Hermeneumata -- d) Psalters -- 4.1 Doxa / Gloria -- 4.1.1 Overview of the Text History of the Gloria in excelsis / Doxa en ipsistis -- 4.1.2 Comparison of the Texts -- 4.2 Pisteuo / Credo -- 4.2.1 Brief Overview of the History of the Creeds -- 4.2.2 Textual Comparison -- 4.3 Hagios / Sanctus.

4.3.1 Overview of the Textual History of the Hagios / Sanctus -- 4.3.2 Textual Comparison -- 4.4 Amnos tu theu / Agnus Dei -- 4.4.1 Short (Textual) History of the Amnos tu theu / Agnus Dei -- 4.4.2 Compilation of the Text -- Chapter 5 The Melodies of the Missa Graeca Chants -- Difficulties in Comparing Western with Byzantine Melodies -- a) Time Gap -- b) Repertory -- c) Notation -- d) Western View -- 5.1 Doxa / Gloria -- 5.1.1 Western Versions of the Doxa with Greek Text -- 5.1.2 Byzantine Melodies of the Great Doxology -- 5.1.3 Comparison of the Eastern and Western Doxa Melodies -- 5.2 Credo / Pisteuo -- 5.2.1 The Melodies of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed: Beginning of the Pisteuo Melody for the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed -- 5.2.2 The Melody of the Apostolic Creed: Beginning of the Pisteuo Melody for the Apostolic Creed -- 5.2.3 Melodies of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed in the Rite of Scrutiny -- 5.3 Hagios / Sanctus -- 5.3.1 Western Versions of the Hagios with Greek Text -- 5.3.2 East Frankish Version -- 5.3.3 More Melismatic Version -- 5.3.4 Italian Version -- 5.3.5 Byzantine Melodies -- 5.3.6 Comparison of Byzantine and Western Sources -- 5.4 O amnos tu theu / Agnus Dei -- 5.4.1 East Frankish Versions of O amnos tu theu with Greek Text -- 5.4.2 West Frankish Versions of the Amnos with Greek Text -- Chapter 6 Historical Background and Development -- 6.1 Notker's ellinici fratres -- 6.1.1 St Gall Monks Who Knew Greek -- 6.1.2 Irish Monks -- 6.1.3 Greek Monks -- 6.1.4 Ellinici fratres -- 6.2 Conclusion: Towards a New Assessment of the Missa graeca -- 6.2.1 Terminology -- 6.2.2 Dating -- 6.2.3 Emergence of the Missa graeca -- 6.2.4 Why Greek-Texted Chants in the West? -- Glossary of Technical Terms -- Bibliography -- Index of Persons -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Places -- Index of Incipits -- Index of Manuscripts.