List of illustrations

List of musical examples

Note on the musical examples

List of tables

List of text boxes

Preface

Note on front cover illustration

Ch. 1 Gregorian chant in the service of the church 1

Ch. 2 The beginnings of Gregorian chant; other rites and other sorts of chant 83

Ch. 3 Tradition and innovation in medieval chant: from the ninth to the sixteenth century 121

Ch. 4 Thinking about Gregorian chant in the Middle Ages, and notating it 162

Ch. 5 New chants for new times: from the sixteenth century to the present; aspects of performance 208

Map of places from which important medieval chant manuscripts are preserved 219

Chronological table 220

Statistical table of chant categories by mode 223

Original manuscript sources for musical examples 225

Glossary 227

Bibliography 232

Index 241