Product Description

Willi Apel's classic study of Gregorian chant is now in paperback. This extensive survey describes the evolutionary processes of its long history as well as its definition and terminology, the structure of the liturgy, the texts, the notation, the rhythm, the tonality, and the methods and forms of psalmody.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #377454 in Books
• Published on: 1990-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Customer Reviews

A classic, but now superceded
Apel's book on chant was the standard work on the subject until David Hiley's Western Plainchant: A Handbook was published in 1993. Nevertheless, I turn to Apel again and again for his analyses of the standard phrases found in certain genres of chant (Great Responsories, Graduals, Tracts). Its an eminently readable book, and still a "must have" for students of Gregorian chant.

It's a complete book on Gregorian Chant
It's one of the most complete books on Gregorian Chant. Now there is an important italian edition, by LIM (Libreria Musicale Italiana), Lucca, 1998. It's translated and brought up-to-date by the italian musicologist Marco Della Sciucca.