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The Tractatus de tonis of Guy of Saint-Denis (written ca. 1300-10) differs from other treatises on plainchant in the depth of its analysis of the various tones into which chant was traditionally classified. The treatise of Guy of Saint-Denis is preserved as the concluding item in an anthology of texts about plainchant that Guy compiled (now London, British Library, MS Harley 281), beginning with some writings of Guido of Arezzo and a Cistercian tonary, but also including the Ars musice of Johannes de Grocheio and the Tractatus de tonis of Petrus de Cruce. Guy's treatise presents itself as a synthetic overview of both the theory and practice of plainchant in a way that combines the very practical reflection of Guido of Arezzo with ideas of more Aristoteleian inspired theorists such as Johannes de Grocheio and Peter of Auvergne.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781580442541
ISBN10 1580442544
Number Of Pages 342
Item Weight 539 g
Publisher / Reseller Medieval Institute Publications
Format paperback
Edition New edition
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Media Reviews

"This important publication increases the accessibility of a less-well-known medieval treatise on music theory devoted to the Gregorian chant repertoire for Mass and Office. [...] This welcome new edition and English translation of the Tractatus by a team of Australian scholars introduces the treatise by identifying the sources of Guy's teaching, sketching the history of his abbey in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, and exploring the treatise's relationship to the Cistercian and Dominican chant traditions." Joseph Dyer, The Medieval Review 18.03.18

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Author's Bio

Constant J. Mews is Director of the Centre for Religious Studies, Monash University in Victoria, Australia. Carol J. Williams is a Senior Lecturer at Monash University, specializing in medieval music. John N. Crossley is a Professor Emeritus at Monash University. Catherine Jeffreys is an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University.

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