This study is an attempt at a preliminary classification of Czech plainchant from the sixteenth century based on differentiation among different selections and adaptations thereof that substantially changed the chants over the course of time. This classification and the transformations effected in various adaptations are illustrated using the example of the Alleluia for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. In the second half of the article the author attempts to sketch an interpretation of the observed changes in text and melody in relation to the context of liturgical singing in the Czech Utraquist church during the sixteenth century.
The critical response to the study of Jan Kolacek 'Repertoar a liturgie sedlcanskych gradualu', Hudebni veda 45, 1-2, pp. 5-24 , http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/3319/
A collection of 16th century music hymnbooks preserved in the town of Sedlcany (located in Central Bohemia) allows a detailed study on the evolution of chant repertoire and liturgy in the Czech reformation. Three Sedlcany graduals were examined by means of statistical comparison with other sources regarding their texts, melodies, feasts and the liturgical functions of the chants. The case study on the Sedlcany graduals promotes a new method of research into the repertoire of liturgical manuscripts.
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