The Reception of Ancient Texts in the Carolingian Era
Charles M. Atkinson
Abstract This chapter considers the ways ancient texts treating tone-system, mode, and notation were received taught in Carolingian era. The terms concepts from works of Boethius, Martianus Capella, Cassiodorus, Isidore Seville, Donatus discussed under rubric “the heritage antiquity” important as objects study during Starting with manuscripts first part 9th century, it is shown that schoolmasters, such John Scottus Eriugena Remigius Auxerre made concentrated attempts to understand explain tonus, tropus, accentus, seminarium musices. They grappled them, moreover, on their own terms, is, they had been understood Antiquity. At same time, commentaries could not help but reflect—and turn influence—the milieu which written directions musical thought was heading.
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