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Hiley, David.
Western Plainchant: A Handbook.
Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford;
Date of Publication: 1995
Stock Code: 11133
Reprint. Quarto, pp. xcvii, [1], 661, [1]. Frontispiece and 18 numbered plates, 6 maps and numerous tables and musical notations. Publishers’ black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Upper corner of upper board slightly bumped at tip, otherwise a clean copy with no annotation or inscriptions. Jacket lightly scuffed & creased, with 8cm slash to rear. A near Fine copy in very good jacket. A clear and concise introduction to the history of the oldest body of music that has been preserved in any form, with an explanation of the liturgies for which it was designed, all the chief genres and the relation between the different repertories. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £100.00