The three most recent publications of the research group were presented in the Bartók-hall of the Institute for Musicology: the facsimile edition of the giant illuminated and notated codex of the mediaeval cathedral of Várad (Varadinum / Oradea in present-day Romania) with essays and critical notes by Zsuzsa Czagány (Antiphonale Varadinense s. XV) was presented by Balázs Déri, senior research fellow of the Institute for Musicology, the book of Gabriella Gilányi Mosaics of the plainchant tradition of Transylvania. Interpreting the 14th-century antiphoner fragments at Güssing, first volume of the newly established series Resonemus partier. Studies in Medieval Music History was presented by Fanni Hende, associate of the Res Libraria Hungariae Research Group’s Fragmenta Codicum Study Group working at the National Széchényi Library in Budapest, and the volume of Gábriel Szoliva Hymnuale Ecclesiae Zagrabiensis. Traditionalism and Innovation in the Early 15th-Century Hymnal of Zagreb Cathedral, the second volume of the series Resonemus partier. Studies in Medieval Music History was presented by Miklós István Földváry, Head of the Department of Religious Studies, at the ELTE Faculty of Humanities. The presentation’s guest of honour was Roman Hankeln, professor of music at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, who presented the paper Chant Fragments in the North on the mediaeval codex fragments with music notation in archives of Nordic countries. During the presentation the guests could look at two roll-up posters documenting the academic achievement of the research group’s first year. The event was closed by the concert of the A:N:S Chorus conducted by János Bali. Their program was focusing on the chants from manuscripts of mediaeval Hungary published in the presented volumes.
The invitation to the presentation
The entire book presentation and the concert can be watched on the links below:
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