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Plainchant is the oldest substantial body of music that has been preserved in any shape or form. It was first written down in Western Europe in the eighth to ninth centuries. Many thousands of chants have been sung at different times or places in a multitude of forms and styles, responding to the differing needs of the church through the ages. This book provides a clear and concise introduction, designed both for those to whom the subject is new and those who require a reference work for advanced study. It begins with an explanation of the liturgies that plainchant was designed to serve. It describes all the chief genres of chant, different types of liturgical book, and plainchant notations....
Poggendorffs Biographisch-literar?sches Handworterbuch der exakten Naturwissenschaften erscheint seit 1863 und darf als umfassendes Nachschlagewerk in keiner Bibliothek fehlen. Die gedruckte Version wird im Jahre 2003 mit Band VIII abgeschlossen sein. 2000 ist das bisherige Gesamtwerk Poggendorff (bis Bd. VIII/1) als Datenbank erschienen und kann uber den Verlag bezogen werden.