The English Plainchant Revival

by Bennett Zon

Overview

The revival of plainchant in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England was a turning point in the history of Anglican and Catholic musical worship. It led in its time to not only the preservation of much-loved melodies, but also to heated controversy. By the middle of the nineteenth-century, plainchant had returned as a central part of traditional liturgy. This book provides a general introduction to the sources of the plainchant revival in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198165958
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/19/1999
Series:	Oxford Studies in British Church Music
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.30(d)
Lexile:	1680L (what's this?)

About the Author

University of Hull

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsConventions of Terminology, Reference, and PresentationAbbreviationsLocation of Manuscripts and Printed BooksIntroduction: The English Catholic Plainchant RevivalPart I: The Plainchant Revival in the Eighteenth-Century Roman Catholic Church in EnglandIntroduction1. A General Introduction to Post-Tridentine Liturgical Books and Plainchant in Europe2. Aspects of Eighteenth-Century Roman Catholic History in England3. Plainchant in the English Catholic Church, 1748-17994. The Works of John Francis Wade5. Manuscripts by Scribes Other than WadePart II: The Revival of Plainchant in the Nineteenth-Century Roman Catholic Chuch in EnglandIntroduction6. English Catholic Plainchant, the beginning of the Nineteenth Century to the 1850s7. Roman Catholic Plainchant Apologetics, the 1840s to 1850sPart III: The Revival of Plainchant in the Nineteenth-Century Anglican ChurchBackground to the Revival8. Nineteenth-Century Anglican Plainchant Sources9. Anglican Plainchant Apologetics: the 1820s to 1860sEpilogue: Aspects of the Twentieth-Century Revival in EnglandAppendixBibliography