Anthology of Medieval Music

This extensive Anthology of Medieval Music, compiled by the American musicologist Richard H. Hoppin, is an indispensable companion to the author's landmark work Medieval Music (Music Centre Slovakia, 2007), providing the musical examples frequently referenced in its analyses. The anthology offers a valuable and representative overview of medieval musical forms and styles, from Gregorian chant to the rhythmically complex polyphony of the late fourteenth century.

The editor avoids compositions that appear in other readily available anthologies and includes only complete works, together with the full texts of strophic songs. In his transcriptions of medieval manuscripts, Hoppin employs modern notation to convey as faithfully as possible what medieval performers would have understood from the original sources. As a result, the publication serves not only as an important study resource but also as a practical edition suitable for performance.