The Musical World of a Medieval Monk: Ad?mar de Chabannes in Eleventh-century Aq [Hardcover]

A study of the musical activities of Ad?mar de Chabannes, the eleventh-century monk.Ad?mar de Chabannes, well known in literary circles as a historian and homilist in early eleventh-century Aquitaine, was also active as a musician at the abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges. This book analyses the full range of Ad?mar's musical activities, as scribe, editor, composer and singer.Ad?mar de Chabannes, well known in literary circles as a historian and homilist in early eleventh-century Aquitaine, was also active as a musician at the abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges. This book analyses the full range of Ad?mar's musical activities, as scribe, editor, composer and singer.James Grier documents the musical activities of Ad?mar de Chabannes, eleventh-century monk, historian, homilist and tireless polemicist for the apostolic status of Saint Martial, patron saint of the abbey that bore his name in Limoges. Ad?mar left behind some 451 folios of music with notation in his autograph hand, a musical resource without equal before the seventeenth century. He introduced, at strategic moments, pieces familiar from the standard liturgy for an apostle and items of his own composition. These reveal Ad?mar to be a supremely able designer of liturgies and a highly original composer. This study analyses his accomplishments as a musical scribe, compiler of liturgies, editor of existing musical works and composer; it also offers a speculative consideration of his abilities as a singer; and finally, it places Ad?mar's musical activities in the context of liturgical, musical and political developments at the abbey of Saint Martial in Limoges.Introduction. Ad?mar de Chabannes and Saint Martial de Limoges; Music scribe; Compiler; Editor; Composer; Singer; Conclusion. The success of the Apostolic Campaign; Appendix A. Manuscripts with Ad?mar's music hand; Appendix B. Ad?mar's original compositions; Bibliography. To have identified a substantial body of music composed by and copied in the hand of thl#)