An Ancient Christian Hymn with Musical Notation: Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1786 : Text and CommentaryIn this book, Charles Cosgrove undertakes a comprehensive examination of Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1786, an ancient Greek Christian hymn dating to the late third century that offers the most ancient surviving example of a notated Christian melody. The author analyzes the text and music of the hymn, situating it in the context of the Greek literary and hymnic tradition, ancient Greek music, early Christian liturgy and devotion, and the social setting of Oxyrhynchus circa 300 C.E. The broad sweep of the commentary touches the interests of classical philologists, specialists in ancient Greek music, church historians, and students of church music history. |
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Contents
Line | 5 |
Questions Touching the Reading of the Notation in P Oxy 1786 | 31 |
Interpretation of the Text | 37 |
While We Hymn line | 47 |
Concluding Summary | 62 |
The Opening of a Greek Hymn | 68 |
Deictic SelfReferentiality and the Imaginal World of the Hymn | 77 |
Musical Analysis | 83 |
Greek Music Culture at Oxyrhynchus | 140 |
The Performance Setting of P Oxy 1786 | 146 |
Pitch Centers and Tonal Structure in Ancient Greek | 157 |
Applications of Greek Music Theory to the Surviving Musical | 164 |
Temporal Priority and Finality | 177 |
Cadences | 179 |
66 | 185 |
Discography | 195 |
Melodic Hierarchy Among Tones | 89 |
Social Setting | 129 |
34 | 134 |
44 | 136 |
22 | 202 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Ancient Christian Hymn with Musical Notation: Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1786 : Text and Commentary Volume 65 of Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum, ISSN 1436-3003 Volume 65 of Studies and texts in antiquity and christianity, ISSN 1436-3003 |
| Author | Charles H. Cosgrove |
| Publisher | Mohr Siebeck, 2011 |
| ISBN | 3161509234, 9783161509230 |
| Length | 232 pages |
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