What Late Medieval Chant Manuscripts do to a Present-day Performer of Plainchant.

The study focuses on sometimes very specific aspects of the performance of plainchant, relating to a rich and diverse body of chant manuscripts. Meanwhile, the constantly recurring personal storytelling draws a picture of research-acts as ingrained characteristics of the every day activities of a musician. The many challenges and obstacles faced when performing plainchant may turn into opportunities, where the performer fills in the blanks with ideas, colours and textures. He may even be tempted to draw outside the lines, countering any practical or historical constraints in a creative way.

Prof. Frans de Ruiter (1st promotor), Prof. Ike de Loos (†, 1st promotor); Marcel Cobussen (co-promotor), Pieter Mannaerts (co-promotor), Dirk Snellings (†, co-promotor)