edited and translated by Leonard Ellinwood ; revised with a new introduction by John L. Snyder.
Rochester, NY :
University of Rochester Press,
2015.
1 online resource
Eastman studies in music
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontcover; Contents; Preface to Leonard Ellinwood's 1952 Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; Musica; Variantiae Figurarum; Variantiae Neumarum; Plates; Appendix 1: Biographical Documents in English Translation; Appendix 2: Chants Cited; Appendix 3: Hermann's Diastematic Notation; Bibliography; Index Verborum; Index Cantuum; General Index.
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"A polymath and monk, Hermannus Contractus (1013-54) contributed to the important advancements made in European arts and sciences in the first half off the eleventh century, writing on history, astronomy, and timekeepig devices, among other topics, and composing several chants. His music theory, founded on a systematic treatment of traditional concepts and terminology dating back to the ancient Greeks, is concerned largely with the oganization of pitch in Gregorian chant."--Provided by publisher.