{"product_id":"tonus-peregrinus-the-history-of-a-psalm-tone-and-its-use-in-polyphonic-music-by-mattias-lundberg-9781409407867","title":"Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMattias Lundberg investigates the historical role of a deviant psalm-tone, the \u003cem\u003etonus peregrinus\u003c\/em\u003e, focusing on its applications in polyphonic music within all major branches of Western liturgy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout the remarkably persistent tradition of applying this melody to polyphony, from the ninth century right up to the twenty-first, coeval music theory is able to shed light on the problems it has posed to modal and tonal practice at various historical stages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe musical settings studied hold up a mirror to the general development of psalmody, concerning practices of organum, diverse regional forms of fauxbourdon, cantus firmus composition, free imitation, parody, fugue, quodlibet, monody, and many other compositional techniques where the unique features of the psalm-tone have necessitated modification of existing practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe conclusions drawn reveal a musico-liturgical tradition that was not in real danger of extinction until the general decline of Western liturgy that followed in the eighteenth century, at which point the historiography of the \u003cem\u003etonus peregrinus\u003c\/em\u003e became a factor stimulating scholarly and musical interest in its alleged pre-Christian origins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLundberg demonstrates that the succession of works based on the \u003cem\u003etonus peregrinus\u003c\/em\u003e often preserved a distinctly conservative musical and theological conception even during periods of drastic liturgical reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608205967596,"sku":"9781409407867","price":353.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781409407867-tonus-peregrinus-the-history-of-a-psalm-tone-and-its-use-in-polyphonic-music.jpg?v=1778189509","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/tonus-peregrinus-the-history-of-a-psalm-tone-and-its-use-in-polyphonic-music-by-mattias-lundberg-9781409407867","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}