The Old-Roman Chant Tradition: Oral or Written?
Paul F. Cutter
THE QUESTION OF OLD-ROMAN CHANT has puzzled musicologists and liturgists for a long time now, but in spite of numerous investigations little progress been made toward its solution. There far too much speculation on few sources, with reliance inaccurate or erroneously interpreted medieval literary reports, insufficient study the musical repertories. Most research so characterized by an unwillingness to admit come grips really complex problems posed Old-Roman chant. Simple solutions have not worked, incomplete investigation led only premature conclusions.
Journal of the American Musicological Society