Anglican Chant and Chanting in England, Scotland, and America, 1660-1820

Ruth M. Wilson

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English

Oxford University Press
01 March 1997

Medieval & Renaissance music (c 1000 to c 1600); Sacred & religious music; Christian hymnals

Series: Oxford Studies in British Church Music

This book presents, for the first time, a history of English liturgical chant as performed in the Church of England and its transmission to churches in Scotland and the United States. In the mid-sixteenth century Reformation, the complex ritual of the Latin rite was replaced by a one-volume Book of Common Prayer in English. The general nature of the new rubrics, expecially for music, left many of the details of performance to be worked out in traditional ways. Thus the music evolved from its Latin roots in oral, and later written practice. The body of music that makes up the chanting practice of Anglican and related churches around the world is indeed diversified. Some texts of the liturgy are harmonized in four or more voice parts, often with organ accompaniment, and others are sung in plainsong. The largest group of chants, those for the psalms and canticles, has an idiosyncratic written form and a performance practice that continues to evolve in oral tradition. This music is commonly known as Anglican chant. Its origins in the seventeenth century and its codification in the eighteenth are explored in the choral establishments of the Church of England and parish churches in England, Scotland, and the United States.

By: Ruth M. Wilson
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 161mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 745g
ISBN: 9780198164241
ISBN 10: 0198164246
Series: Oxford Studies in British Church Music
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 March 1997
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Anglican Chant and Chanting in England, Scotland, and America, 1660-1820

<br> Dr. Wilson's achievement in researching and writing this boundary-stretching book has produced a valuable companion volume to Ian Spink's recent Restoration Cathedral Music 1660-1714...Indeed, this latest addition to the continuing Oxford Studies in British Church Music confers a further trophy upon that justifiably acclaimed series. --Choir & Organ<br>