Paléographie musicale

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Paléographie musicale (abbreviation: Pal. Mus. , Subtitle: Les principaux ms. De chant grégorien, ambrosien, mozarabe, gallican, publiés en facsimiles phototypiques par les Bénédictins de Solesmes ) is an important series of medieval choral manuscripts written by the Benedictines of the Abbey of Solesmes under the direction of Dom André Mocquereau (1849-1930) and Dom Joseph Gajard (1885-1972) (from 1930) was undertaken.

It contains Gregorian , Ambrosian , Mozarabic and Gallican chants.

The series appeared in two series - the 1st series and the 2nd series. Series (“Series monumentale” - with 19 volumes, most of which appeared in deliveries) in Solesmes and Tournai (Vol. VIII-XV) in the years 1889–1958. In addition to reproductions, it also contains transcriptions and larger treatises on choral history and chorale notation.

The works come from the Abbey Library of St. Gallen , Abbey Library Einsiedeln , the British Museum , the Bibliothèque de l'École de Médicine in Montpellier , the Capitular Library in Lucca , the Library of Laon , the Library of Chartres , the Library of the Worcester Cathedral , the French National Library , the Capitular Library in Benevento , the Bibliotheca vaticana , the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome , the University Library Graz and others. a.

Contents overview

With the year of publication of the first delivery / * (asterisk) = digitized

1 . series

2. series

literature

  • Riemann Musiklexikon, 12.A., Sachteil, S. 203 f.

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