Call for Proposals: Series Historiae

(Musicological Studies, Vol. LXV; Institute for Mediaeval Music, Ottawa)

Historiae, a series of editions of medieval offices, was inaugurated by the IMS Study Group 'Cantus Planus' in 1993. The series makes available the music and texts of historiae to be sung on the feast day or commemoration day of a saint. Such cycles of chant were commonly known as historiae. Many of their Latin texts have been published (above all in Analecta Hymnica), but their music is less known.

Proposals should take previous editions as models. (The list of available editions may be found at the website of the Institute of Mediaeval Music: a link is at www.cantusplanus.org.) Each edition in the series is preceded by a short life of the saint and a history of the cult and its cultural context, a brief introduction to the historia, its manuscript sources, and the texts of the chants and lessons, including their relationship to the vita of the saint. The edition of the complete historia includes the tone to Ps. 94 Venite exultemus Domino and the Te Deum, but only incipits for the psalms. Proper prayers and lessons are included. Translations of the Latin texts are optional. Introductory matter may be submitted in any of the five official languages of the International Musicological Society: English, French, German, Italian or Spanish.

Please send both the introduction and transcription for consideration by the editorial board to Roman Hankeln, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dragvoll, Department of History and Classical Studies, NO-7491 Trondheim, NORWAY, email: roman.hankeln'at'hf.ntnu.no.
Electronic submissions are encouraged. We would be especially interested in editions of early offices, offices for the Fathers of the Church, the Apostles or the Virgin Mary.

László Dobszay and Barbara Haggh Editorial Board, Historiae