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A. OVERVIEW
V. Neo-Gregorian Chants of the St. Yrieix Sanctoral
This Chapter addresses the neo-Gregorian chants of Pa903. Following the
definition developed by Luisa Nardini, “neo-Gregorian” is a term in this work referring
to Mass chants composed in the period following the general transmission of the
Romano-Frankish, “Gregorian,” repertory. 1 These chants appear in all the chant genres
of the Mass, either locally composed or (as the concordances amply demonstrate)
received from outside sources. The neo-Gregorian chants characteristically reflect the
formal and stylistic traits of the Gregorian Mass genres. They were primarily included in
the formularies of alternative Propers and feasts of regional and local cults, as well as
Gregorian feasts and the newer feasts that were ultimately added to the Romano-Frankish
calendar. As new chants, however, the neo-Gregorian repertory also reveals elements of
traditional regional musical style and the cultural influences of the community beyond
that of the international chant repertory.
In Pa903 these chants are not confined to a single section of the gradual, but are
interspersed in the sanctoral as well as in the temporal and ritual Masses in smaller
numbers. The repertory is approximately dated to the tenth and eleventh centuries,
exhibiting the influence of the region of Aquitaine and St. Yrieix with particular chants
received from sources in other regions. The chants found in Masses with exclusively
1Luisa Nardini, Neo-Gregorian Chant in Beneventan Manuscripts: The Proper of the Mass,
forthcoming publication. This is an encyclopedic analysis of the neo-Gregorian repertory in Beneventaqn
manuscripts. The term “neo-Gregorian” is being used with increasing generality to refer to the second
generation of Mass chants following the Gregorian dissemination.
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