The Christian west and its singers

"Beginning in the time of the New Testament, when Christians began to develop an art of ritual singing with an African and Asian background, Christopher Page traces the history of music in Europe through the development of Gregorian chant--a music that has profoundly influenced the way Westerners hear--to the invention of the musical staff, regarded as the fundamental technology of Western music. Page places the history of the singers who performed this music against the social, political and economic life of a Western Europe slowly being remade after the collapse of Roman power"--Provided by publisher.

Year

2010

Language

English

Publisher

Yale University Press

Editions

1

Pages

692

ISBN

9780300112573

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