“Lamentations Chant in Spain before 1568.” In Fuentes musicales en la Península Ibérica (ca.1250–ca.1550). Lérida, Spain, (2002) 271-297

LAIIEir.-T,\TIONS CHAN-T IN IEERIRX SOURCtrS SEF'ONT 1568

.Iane NI. Hardie

My receut u,ork has tilcussecl on er "late" tniiuit'estatiotr of atr "old" tradition. 'fhat is. written sogrces tbr the Roman Rite in Spain in the period imrnediately prececlil-r the iutroduction of the Breviar),of Pope Pius V (1568), and the material ihat they transmit.' The periocl is fascinating. tbr it doctunents a sitttatiotr in which an olcl traditigr-r had been llourishing in uerv soil lbr approximately fiYe centuries, and naturllly occurring varietl, anrl accretions wel"e at their hei,sht betore being theoretically outlawecl by the clictates of Pius V. SLrch mi-elatiotl or transplantation of a tradition rvill inevitably under-ro gradual transtormations as it takes root in its nerv soil. anci such translbrmations ntay iucreasiugll' ret-lect regional or local liturgical ancl othcr pliorities. A consicleration of the late documentation of such traditions allou,s us to exumine the extent aucl natttre of change and may offer some insights into both the cletlnitirxr of re-eional ancl local pltorities and the transmission procesr. Working u,ith a repertory in whicl, tratrsuission was undoubtedly oral in its early stages, was then afl'ected by rvriting, and sttbsequently atlected and

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