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The English plainchant revival

by Bennett Zon · 1998

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This book provides a general introduction to the sources of the plainchant revival in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England. In this volume, the author brings together a host of previously undiscovered or unknown eighteenth- and nineteenth-century sources, drawing mainly upon printed and manuscript works. Contemporary periodical and occasional literature provide further insight into their musical and social context.

Church musicGregorian chantsCatholic ChurchChurch of EnglandHistory and criticismChurch music, church of england