keywords
- Medieval music, Medieval liturgy, religious history, plainsong, Old Hispanic (Mozarabic) liturgy and chant, Gregorian Chant, Old Roman Chant, Medieval music theory, Iberian studies
- Contact Info
Maloy, Rebecca
Positions
- Faculty Director, Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
- Professor, College of Music
- Endowed/Named Professor, College of Music
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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book
- Understanding the Old Hispanic Office Texts, Melodies, and Devotion in Early Medieval Iberia 2022
- Songs of Sacrifice Chant, Identity, and Christian Formation in Early Medieval Iberia 2020
- Chant, Liturgy, and the Inheritance of Rome Essays in Honour of Joseph Dyer 2017
- Music and Meaning in Old Hispanic Lenten Chants 2013
- Music and Meaning in Old Hispanic Lenten Chants: Psalmi, Threni and Easter Vigil Canticles 2013
- Inside the Offertory : Aspects of Chronology and Transmission 2010
- Munchen, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14965b 2006
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chapter
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journal article
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Revisiting 'Toledo, Rome, and the Legacy of Gaul': new evidence from the Divine Office.
Plainsong and Medieval Music.
1-35.
2022
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Chant editing and analysis program: a tool for analyzing liturgical chant.
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies.
82-95.
2022
- The Mass of the Dead in Roman Manuscripts: Transmission, ; Musical Hybridization, and Bi-musicality.. Etudes Gregoriennes: revue de musicologie religieuse. 1-1. 2021
- Receiving and Reshaping Scripture in the Visigothic Liturgy. 169-190. 2020
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Resounding Images: Medieval Intersections of Art, Music, and Sound..
Speculum: a journal of Medieval studies.
505-507.
2017
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FIXITY, FLEXIBILITY, AND COMPOSITIONAL PROCESS IN OLD HISPANIC CHANT.
Music and Letters.
547-574.
2016
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Biblical commentary in the Old Hispanic liturgy: a Passiontide case study.
Early Music.
383-+.
2016
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Melodic dialects in Old Hispanic chant.
Plainsong and Medieval Music.
37-72.
2016
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Old Hispanic Chant and the Early History of Plainsong.
Journal of the American Musicological Society.
1-76.
2014
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The Critical Nexus: Tone-System, Mode, and Notation in Early Medieval Music.
Speculum: a journal of Medieval studies.
159-160.
2011
- "Solica Enchiriadis" and the "Non-Diatonic" Plainsong Tradition. Early Music History: studies in medieval and early modern music. 61-96. 2009
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SCOLICA ENCHIRIADIS AND THE 'NON-DIATONIC' PLAINSONG TRADITION.
Early Music History: studies in medieval and early modern music.
61-96.
2009
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Music Theory from Boethius to Zarlino: A Bibliography and Guide.
Journal of Music Theory.
151-158.
2008
- Reviews: "Music Theory from Boethius to Zarlino: A Bibliography and Guide," by David Russell Williams and C. Matthew Balensuela. Journal of Music Theory. 151-158. 2008
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The Word-Music Relationship in the Gregorian and Old Roman Offertories.
Studia Musicologica.
131-148.
2004
- Digital Media Reviews: "Teaching Medieval Lyric with Modern Technology: New Windows on the Medieval World," by director Margaret Switten and production coordinator Robert Eisenstein. Notes. 234-236. 2003
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Teaching medieval lyric with modern technology, new windows on the medieval world, CD-ROM.
Notes.
234-239.
2003
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Gregorian and Old Roman eighth-mode tracts: A case study in the transmission of Western chant.
Notes.
644-646.
2003
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The roles of notation in Frutolf of Michelsberg's tonary.
Journal of Musicology.
641-693.
2002
- "The Advent Project: The Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper," by James McKinnon. Notes. 329-332. 2001
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Revisiting 'Toledo, Rome, and the Legacy of Gaul': new evidence from the Divine Office.
Plainsong and Medieval Music.
1-35.
2022
Teaching
courses taught
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MUSC 3802 - History of Western Music 1
Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
Surveys Western art music with stylistic analysis of representative works from all major periods through the Baroque. See also MUSC 3812. -
MUSC 4772 - History of Opera
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022
Examines representative operas from the 17th through the 21st centuries. Emphasizes both cultural and analytical aspects and surveys related musicological literature. Same as MUSC 5772. -
MUSC 5772 - History of Opera
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2022
Examines representative operas from the 17th through the 21st centuries. Emphasizes both cultural and analytical aspects and surveys related musicological literature. Same as MUSC 4772. -
MUSC 5822 - Ancient and Medieval Music
Primary Instructor - Spring 2020
Surveys sources from the ancient Greeks to the early Christian era and music from the 8th to the 14th century. -
MUSC 6822 - Advanced Studies in Musicology
Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Fall 2022
Intensive study of a specialized topic in musicology. Students will be guided in critical reading, historical or ethnographic issues, analysis, oral presentations, and independent research. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. -
MUSC 7822 - Seminar in Musicology
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2021
Required of all musicology majors before completion of comprehensive examinations. A different research area is designated each semester. Offered fall only.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Cincinnati 2001
- M.M., University of Cincinnati 1994
- B.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1990
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- Canada Country
- Czech Republic Country
- Europe Continent
- Greece Country
- Netherlands Country
- Portugal Country
- Spain Country
- Sweden Country
- United Kingdom Country