The Winchester Troper

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Title

The Winchester Troper

Description

Facsimile of manuscript 473 preserved in the Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Date

500 AD until 1400

Abstract

An early collection of sacred music. The book includes large collections of chants, including polyphonic chants, composed to elaborate the older Gregorian chant. The notation in the beginning of the book is strictly neumes but closer to the end the notation looks increasingly similar to the notation we use today.

Citation

“The Winchester Troper,” The little Gallery Underground, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.lib.jmu.edu/thelittlegalleryunderground/items/show/65.

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