Gilányi Gabriella

Ad Magnificat, hebdomada per annum
G-Mode Antiphon-Series in Mediterranean Europe
Gabriella Gilányi

Some Gregorian sources of Italian origin preserve a special antiphon-series in their medieval office. This group of Magnificat-antiphons is situated in the vespers of the per annum section, the part of the office without any special feast or important occasion. Using a new series in the most archaic segment of the Roman Office seems to be rather strange. Is it a special Mediterranean usage? My study tries to reveal the musical origin of this rare chant-group by means of old antiphonals mainly from Italy, then to follow the spread of the series in Europe.