Zenei írásbeliségünk a XII. században : Új vizsgálatok, új eredmények = Musical Literacy in Twelfth-Century Hungary : New Analysis, New Results

Gilányi, Gabriella (2025) Zenei írásbeliségünk a XII. században : Új vizsgálatok, új eredmények = Musical Literacy in Twelfth-Century Hungary : New Analysis, New Results. In: Evolvo libros uberes. Scriptorium (6). Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem, Bölcsészet- és Társadalomtudományi Kar, Budapest, pp. 23-35. ISBN 9789633085226

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Abstract

The twelfth century marked a turning point in the history of musical notation in Hungary. After a brief period of using borrowed but unsingable German neumes, a new music theory and a modern method of melody writing emerged in the Car-pathian Basin. Along with the introduction of the staff system, a distinctive set of signs for notation was developed in the Hungarian Church. This advanced notation was a century ahead of its time compared to the Central European tradition of Ger-man neume writing.The history of Hungarian liturgical music notation, commonly known as Eszter-gom notation, was uncovered through the meticulous research of the renowned musicologist Janka Szendrei in the 1980s. However, the most incomplete part of her research is the reconstruction of the origin of Esztergom notation. Today, for several reasons, it seems timely to revisit the topic, incorporating new sources and tools into the research.How can we characterize our liturgical musical literacy in the twelfth century? Where have the first examples of Esztergom music notation survived? What cir-cumstances, influences, and models led the development of our Gregorian notation to diverge from its original German path? New studies may bring us closer to an-swering these interconnected questions.

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