Interpreting Hucbald on Mode
Sarah Fuller
Hucbald of St. Amand's treatise Musica took shape in the late Carolingian era a time intense and independent music-theoretical activity. has been recognized as pioneer who brought elements from Greek music theory to bear upon plainsong, but his view mode considered rather routine. Through scrutiny modal references explanatory rhetoric within treatise, this study corrects some modern readings Hucbald's teaching on offers new assessment relationship between lore venerable Boethian theoretical universe. In Musica, substratum preexistent knowledge replaces number relationships foundation underlying basic theory.
Journal of Music Theory