The tradition of Old Hispanic liturgical chant is here examined through a new methodology, enabling striking new insights into its use.

Based on highly original archival and palaeographical research, this is the first methodological and factual primer in English on the distinctive liturgical tra

This groundbreaking book offers the first detailed analysis of the textual, liturgical, and musical aspects of the vespertinus, the chant genre most central to

Between the seventh and eleventh centuries, Christian worship on the Iberian Peninsula was structured by rituals of great theological and musical richness, know

The Roman Catholic Good Friday liturgy includes a series of chants known today as the Improperia ("Reproaches") beginning with the following text: Popule meus,