| Description |
1 online resource (458 pages) : illustrations, maps, music. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Ludus ; 10
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Ludus ; 10.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-458). |
| Contents |
The St Gall Passion Play; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter I: The Text and the Problem; Chapter II: Liturgy and Localization; Chapter III: Approaches; Chapter IV: 'Cantat' -- 'dicat' -- 'respondeat' Directions and Performers; Chapter V: Localizing the Play; Chapter VI: Before the Passion; Chapter VII: The Passion (1); Chapter VIII: The Passion (2); Chapter IX: The Resurrection and the Harrowing of Hell; Chapter X: The Empty Tomb; Chapter XI: Conclusions; Chapter XII: Bibliography. |
| Summary |
The early-fourteenth-century St Gall Passion Play comes from the Central Rhineland. Unfortunately its music (over one hundred Latin and German chants) is given in the manuscript only as brief incipits, without any musical notation. This interdisciplinary study reconstructs the musical stratum of the play. It is the first full-scale musical reconstruction of a large German Passion play in recent times, using the latest available scholarly data in drama, liturgy and music. It draws conclusions about performance practice and forces, and offers a sound basis for an authentic performance of the pla. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
St. Galler Passionsspiel.
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St. Galler Passionsspiel. |
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Passion-plays -- History and criticism.
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Passion-plays. |
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Passion-plays -- Songs and music -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Macardle, Peter. St Gall passion play. Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2007 9789042023468 |
| ISBN |
9781435623101 (electronic book) |
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143562310X (electronic book) |
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9042023465 |
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9789042023468 |
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9042023465 |
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9789042023468 |
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