ABSTRACT
M U S I C N O T A T I O N I N A R C H I V I O
S A N P I E T R O C 1 0 5 A N D I N T H E
F A R F A B R E V I A R Y , C H I G I C . V I . 1 7 7
F o r D avid G. H u ghes
W as m usic notated at R om e before the St C ecilia gradual, finished
in 1071, was begun? If so (as seem s likely), does the com m on wis-
dom hold true th at no exam ples of such notation have survived?1 And if a search through sacram en taries , lectionaries, evan-
geliaries, bibles and hom iliaries w ritten in urban and suburban
R om e before 1071 should disclose bits of such notation , w hat would
they reveal? An earlier stage of m usic w riting indigenous to R om e,
or a borrowed technique recently im ported? And if borrowed,
borrow ed from w here?
