Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music 7, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK: Boydell and Brewer, 2008
Young singers played a central role in a variety of religious institutional settings: urban cathe... more Young singers played a central role in a variety of religious institutional settings: urban cathedrals, collegiate churches, monasteries, guilds, and confraternities. The training of singers for performance in religious services was so crucial as to shape the very structures of ecclesiastical institutions, which developed to meet the need for educating their youngest members; while the development of musical repertories and styles directly reflected the ubiquitous participation of children's voices in both chant and polyphony. Once choristers' voices had broken, they often pursued more advanced studies either through an apprenticeship system or at university, frequently with the help of the institutions to which they belonged.
This volume provides the first wide-ranging book-length treatment of the subject, and will be of interest to music historians - indeed, all historians - who wish to understand the role of the young in sacred musical culture before 1700.
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This volume provides the first wide-ranging book-length treatment of the subject, and will be of interest to music historians - indeed, all historians - who wish to understand the role of the young in sacred musical culture before 1700.
The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages
Production, Reception, and Performance in Western Christianity
Edited by Susan Boynton and Diane J. Reilly
Columbia University Press
Susan Boynton, a historian of medieval music, addresses several of the major themes of present-day medieval historiography through a close study of the liturgical practices of the abbey of Farfa. Boynton's findings are a striking demonstration of the local nature of liturgical practices in the centuries before church ritual was controlled and codified by the papacy. Boynton shows that the liturgy was highly flexible, continually adapting to the monastery's changing circumstances. The monks regularly modified traditional forms to reflect new realities, often in the service of Farfa's power and prestige. Equally fascinating is Boynton's examination of the process by which Farfa, like other monasteries, cathedral chapters, and royal houses, constantly rewrote its history—particularly the stories of its founding—as part of the continuous negotiation of power that was central to medieval politics and culture."
This volume provides the first wide-ranging book-length treatment of the subject, and will be of interest to music historians - indeed, all historians - who wish to understand the role of the young in sacred musical culture before 1700.
Au coeur des divers articles de cet ouvrage collectif sont quatre coutumiers, rédigés au cours d'une centaine d'année environ à partir de la fin du Xe siècle, qui décrivent la vie quotidienne et liturgique de l'abbaye de Cluny. Deux objectifs principaux motivèrent la création de ce volume: premièrement mettre en valeur la richesse inégalée des coutumiers monastiques pour les chercheurs, à commencer par les médiévistes, toutes disciplines confondues, et deuxièmement faciliter l'emploi de ces sources qui peuvent paraître à première vue difficile d'un abord. Seule une approche multidisciplinaire pouvait permettre d'illustrer tout l'éventail d'informations contenues dans ces sources; c'est pourquoi les éditrices ont réuni des études extrêment variées mais complémentaires, qui mettent bien en valeur la richesse de ces écrits. Parmi les thèmes principaux abordés en ce livre se trouvent la genèse et la transmission des coutumiers, la relation entre ces textes et la pratique, l'information qu'ils offrent sur la fonction des espaces monastiques ainsi que la ritualisation de la vie communautaire."
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This is a PDF made from my author's file. The journal seems not to be available digitally. The publication is: “Frammenti medievali nell’Archivio dell’Abbazia di Farfa,” Benedictina 48 (2001): 325-53
This volume provides the first wide-ranging book-length treatment of the subject, and will be of interest to music historians - indeed, all historians - who wish to understand the role of the young in sacred musical culture before 1700.
The Practice of the Bible in the Middle Ages
Production, Reception, and Performance in Western Christianity
Edited by Susan Boynton and Diane J. Reilly
Columbia University Press
Susan Boynton, a historian of medieval music, addresses several of the major themes of present-day medieval historiography through a close study of the liturgical practices of the abbey of Farfa. Boynton's findings are a striking demonstration of the local nature of liturgical practices in the centuries before church ritual was controlled and codified by the papacy. Boynton shows that the liturgy was highly flexible, continually adapting to the monastery's changing circumstances. The monks regularly modified traditional forms to reflect new realities, often in the service of Farfa's power and prestige. Equally fascinating is Boynton's examination of the process by which Farfa, like other monasteries, cathedral chapters, and royal houses, constantly rewrote its history—particularly the stories of its founding—as part of the continuous negotiation of power that was central to medieval politics and culture."
This volume provides the first wide-ranging book-length treatment of the subject, and will be of interest to music historians - indeed, all historians - who wish to understand the role of the young in sacred musical culture before 1700.
Au coeur des divers articles de cet ouvrage collectif sont quatre coutumiers, rédigés au cours d'une centaine d'année environ à partir de la fin du Xe siècle, qui décrivent la vie quotidienne et liturgique de l'abbaye de Cluny. Deux objectifs principaux motivèrent la création de ce volume: premièrement mettre en valeur la richesse inégalée des coutumiers monastiques pour les chercheurs, à commencer par les médiévistes, toutes disciplines confondues, et deuxièmement faciliter l'emploi de ces sources qui peuvent paraître à première vue difficile d'un abord. Seule une approche multidisciplinaire pouvait permettre d'illustrer tout l'éventail d'informations contenues dans ces sources; c'est pourquoi les éditrices ont réuni des études extrêment variées mais complémentaires, qui mettent bien en valeur la richesse de ces écrits. Parmi les thèmes principaux abordés en ce livre se trouvent la genèse et la transmission des coutumiers, la relation entre ces textes et la pratique, l'information qu'ils offrent sur la fonction des espaces monastiques ainsi que la ritualisation de la vie communautaire."
Most are now catalogued in MANUS.
This is a PDF made from my author's file. The journal seems not to be available digitally. The publication is: “Frammenti medievali nell’Archivio dell’Abbazia di Farfa,” Benedictina 48 (2001): 325-53
The study group will foster the many types of inquiry available for the investigation of these intersecting aspects of music, children, and childhood. Scholarly approaches to music and childhood include, but are not limited to, archival research into primary sources, the study of music composed for or about children and youth, criticism which theorizes marginalized or disenfranchised groups, and interdisciplinary and cultural studies that incorporate research from other disciplines, including ethnography, which is the core research method of contemporary childhood studies. The members of the group are broadly representative of these approaches, including scholars who engage with ethnomusicology, music theory, and music education, as well as historical musicology. These methods shed light on previously overlooked materials, performances, and performers, including young musicians and composers and vast repertoires of music created for educational purposes. It is our belief that a Music and Childhood study group is timely, necessary, and sustainable as a forum to introduce curious scholars to a new sphere of musicological inquiry while providing a formal space for scholars engaged in the study of children’s culture in music to share ideas, new research, and creative solutions to shared problems.
Hildemar of Corbie's Commentary on the Rule of Benedict (ca. 845CE) is a major source for the history of monasticism, but it has long been accessible only in two obscure nineteenth-century editions of its Latin text. The goal of the Hildemar Project is to make the entire commentary more accessible for research and teaching purposes. The first step is to provide a fully searchable version of the Latin text along with an English translation. This translation is a collaborative effort of more than fifty scholars, including specialists in monasticism, Latin, manuscripts studies, and Carolingian history.
Currently a slightly revised version of the Latin text from Rupert Mittermüller’s edition [Regensburg, 1880] is available on the site. The translation of all seventy-three chapters – one for each chapter of Benedict’s Rule – is now complete.
The website also provides a complete list of the manuscripts of Hildemar’s Commentary (with links to manuscript catalogues and manuscripts available online) and a complete bibliography of scholarship on Hildemar and his work.
The next step in the project will be to improve the Latin text presented on the website by providing links to the different versions of Hildemar’s work. Users will be able to compare the (problematic) nineteenth-century edition with the original manuscripts. A long-term goal of the Hildemar Project is to provide a new edition of Hildemar’s Commentary that meets the standards of a critical edition but also capitalizes on the greater flexibility and customization available in a digital environment.
The Hildemar Project is a collaborative project that profits from the expertise of as many scholars as possible and is tailored to the needs and interests of its users. Any form of feedback, suggestions for improvement, identification of sources, or commentary on the Latin text are welcome. Please either use the Forum or contact us directly.