Western Plainchant - A Handbook (Paperback, Revised)

This is the only up-to-date and comprehensive book on plainchant, the oldest substantial body of music that has come down to us. A fully illustrated and self-contained survey of all aspects of plainchant, it includes the liturgy, musical forms and styles, types of chant book, notation, theory, and a historical survey tracing the spread of plainchant throughout medieval Europe down to our times.