Richard L. Crocker offers in this book and its accompanying compact disc an introduction to the history and meaning of the Gregorian chant. He explains how Greg
What is Gregorian chant, and where does it come from? What purpose does it serve, and how did it take on the form and features which make it instantly recogniza
Plainchant is the oldest substantial body of music that has been preserved in any shape or form. It was first written down in Western Europe in the eighth to ni