The transmission history of the Proper chant for St Gregory: the eighth-mode tract Beatus uir
Emma Hornby
The tract for the feast of St Gregory, Beatus uir , appears in very different versions Old Roman and Gregorian traditions, more than one version tradition. Close study melodies these second-mode Ecce attached to Corbie, Bec Bec-influenced institutions, permits tentative conclusions be drawn about adoption chant early eighth-century England mid-eighth-century Francia. Before concerted Carolingian effort learn entire Mass Proper, have been adopted north Alps at least twice: England, Denis 750s.
Plainsong & Medieval Music