medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Madeleine Gray wrote:
>
> But do stalls (with or without misericords) necessarily imply the
> regular performance of the complete Office? Is there not also scope
> for choirs performing parts of the Office?
Yes, but misericords are only really *necessary* for long, tedious
services - which effectively means the Night Office: Matins (Vigils,
Nocturns).
> Magnus Williamson in his chapter 'Liturgical music in the late
> medieval parish' in The Parish in Late Medieval England provides a
> lot of evidence for books of polyphony, choirs of boys and men,
> chantry priests who doubled as trained singers, and the use of
> organs. He goes so far as to say that up to 50% of English parish
> churches in the period immediately before the reformation may have
> had small organs.
Well, large chuches, churches in towns, at any rate.
> (John and Sally Harper in Bangor University are doing a lot of work
> on this specifically for Wales and will be speaking at a conference
> at St Fagan's next Saturday.)
I'd love to be there - but it doesn't seem sensible to think about
travelling that sort of distance at this time of year.
John Briggs
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