singing by rote / singing out of the book

singing by rote / singing out of the book (interesting that there’s a somatic component to singing from the book (which is inherently a philosophic/intellectual event). The action/posture of singing from the book during a ritual is the somatic foundation of the more philosophic interaction with the words. That’s why it’s so hard to get people to look up, or to turn loose of their books, now that they are second-generation book looker-atters. The book has become the ritual action, appropriately or not.

Book: Gesungene Innigkeit

Studien Zu Einer Musikhandschrift der Devotio Moderna (Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, MS. 16 H 34, OLIM B 113)
Mit einer edition der Gesange fvon UlrikeHascher-Burger

Brill
Leiden-Boston 2002

"sung intimacy"
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Studies for a music (handwriting, manuscript, calligraphy)_ for Modern Devotion.

1. Zu Aufbau, Datierund und Lokalisierung der Handschrift
Composing, dating, and localization of (writing? manuscripts?)
2 The notation of the manuscript
3. Longer-term considerations of function
4. Von liturgischer zu paraliturgischer Aufzeichnung: Ubergangsformen bei den einstimmigen Gesangen

From liturgical to paraliturgical [recording, chronicalling]
Changeover/transition forms bei den one-voice singing

Chapter 5: Aspekte der mehrstimmigen Musik
Longer-Term Considerations of Coherent music

Topic: Prominence of Word, meaning--text selection

Official English text of the Liturgy: NAB
*copyright restrictions

post-VII practice for psalmody: Grail Translation
*copyright

common usage for people who work with chant:
who? what?
Latin prayer page: King James--(rationale)
Hommerding: WLP:
OCP: ?

Topic: Copyright Issues

notation: Solesmes' proprietary claims to signs
Meinrad's position?

text:
NAB copyright restrictions
King James
Grail

Topic: Prominence of Word, meaning--manuscript creation

When writing text, do not separate syllables of a word unless there is a melisma. Generally each neum corresponds to a syllable. Gently cluster the neums over each word. Include accent marks on the Latin syllables.

English word translations under each word or phrase whenever possible.

Use non-Solesmes markings to avoid copyright problems. (meinradc)