Studies in Medieval Music Theory and the Early Sequence

Richard L. Crocker, Emeritus, University of California -Berkeley, USA

Contents: Introduction; Review of Hans Joachim Moser, ’Die Tonsprachen des Abendlandes’; Pythagorean mathematics and music (Parts I & II); Aristoxenus and Greek mathematics; ’Musica Rhythmica’ and ’Musica Metrica’ in antique and medieval theory; Review of John Stevens, ’Words and music in the Middle Ages’; Alphabet notations for early medieval music; Review of Michel Huglo, ’Les Tonaires: Inventaire, analyse, comparaison’; Hermann’s Major Sixth; Discant, counterpoint, and harmony; A new source for medieval music theory; Why did Zarlino re-number the modes?; Review of Edward E. Lowinsky, ’Tonality and Atonality in 16th-century music’; The troping hypothesis; The repertory of proses at Saint Martial de Limoges in the 10th century; Some 9th-century sequences; Review of N. de Goede, ’The Utrecht Prosarium’; The sequence; The early Frankish sequence: a new musical form; List of manuscrips cited; List of musical compositions cited; Index.