The Mass Settings of Seán and Peadar Ó Riada: Explorations in Vernacular Chant (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781782052357)

It presents an investigation into the liturgical music of Sean and Peadar O Riada through an examination of three Roman-Rite mass settings composed in the Irish vernacular from within the cultural context of the West-Cork Gaeltacht of Muscrai. The main part of the work, running from Chapters Three to Six, consists of a detailed analysis of the contents of the mass settings, a body of material which is considered from the following perspectives: as emanating from a living culture of native traditional song; as part of a historical continuum of monophonic liturgical composition for the Roman Rite, having at its origins the compositional traditions of plainchant; as part of a broader aesthetic context of text-music relationships found in the repertoires of plainchant, medieval song and folksong; and finally, as part of the new liturgical reality existing since the Second Vatican Council which requires viable and sustainable musical approaches to the setting of vernacular texts.

Author: John O'Keeffe
ISBN-10: 1782052356
ISBN-13: 9781782052357
Publisher: Cork University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2017
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.98w x 1.20d