“Tenebrae” on a Newly Discovered Fragment in the State 
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Temné hodinky „Tenebrae“ novoobjaveného fragmentu v Štátnom archíve Trenčín
“Tenebrae” on a Newly Discovered Fragment in the State Archive in Trenčín

Author(s): Veronika Garajová
Subject(s): Cultural history, Music, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Ústav hudobnej vedy Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: cantus planus; plainchant; plainsong; tenebrae; fragment; analysis; comparison;

Summary/Abstract: During source research in 2021, a medieval notated fragment was discovered, which currently forms the upper cover of a book of accounts, Regestum pecuniarum ecclesiae xendochii et orphanorum, of 1607. The State Archive in Trenčín holds a relatively large number of extant medieval notated manuscripts. In total, the archive has preserved twenty-two, along with the newly discovered fragment twenty-three, notated manuscript fragments, seventeen of which contain Bohemian notation. Among the fragments notated with Bohemian notation, six fragments were identified as having originated from a single, today unfortunately incomplete, liturgical codex. The newly discovered fragment also belongs to this group. The aim of this study is the musical-liturgical and music-palaeographic analysis of this newly discovered fragment.

  • Issue Year: 13/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 89-113
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Slovak