Ambrosian Mass chants before the Carolingian intervention
Terence Bailey
ABSTRACT The service books of the Ambrosian rite were produced relatively late: oldest copy Manuale , first to record texts and some rubrics, dates from early eleventh century; earliest redaction ordinal, shortly after 1126; antiphoner, which contains notated melodies both Mass Office, mid-twelfth. All these document a liturgy that had been extensively revised Frankish conquest northern Italy in 774. reforms did not result suppression Milanese (as they Gallican), but many changes effected, brought ancient – without destroying all its indigenous features closer new, international, Gregorian rite. purpose this article is re-examine references pre-Conquest Milan archdiocese, reveal more than has suspected, present new evidence concerning sacrifice as it was centuries, even before time St Ambrose.
Plainsong & Medieval Music