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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MUEL 3822 - Words and Music
Primary Instructor - Spring 2023
Explores the interaction between words and music in song. Students will consider how such features as rhyme, rhythm, tone, and the connotations of particular words contribute to meaning in poetry; how rhythm, tempo, dynamics, mood, and instrumentation contribute to meaning in music; and how words and music coalesce in song to make a new meaning. -
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 / Spring 2023
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 / Spring 2023
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