How Long to Read The St Gall Passion Play

How Long Does it Take to Read The St Gall Passion Play?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 40 minutes to read The St Gall Passion Play by Peter MacArdle

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The early-fourteenth-century St Gall Passion Play comes from the Central Rhineland. Unfortunately its music (over one hundred Latin and German chants) is given in the manuscript only as brief incipits, without any musical notation. This interdisciplinary study reconstructs the musical stratum of the play. It is the first full-scale musical reconstruction of a large German Passion play in recent times, using the latest available scholarly data in drama, liturgy and music. It draws conclusions about performance practice and forces, and offers a sound basis for an authentic performance of the play. The study applies musical and liturgical data to the problem of localizing the play (the first time this has been systematically attempted), and assesses how applicable this might be to other plays. It presents a detailed study of the distinctive medieval liturgical uses of three German dioceses, Mainz, Speyer and Worms. The comparative approach suggests how the music of other plays might be reconstructed and understood, and shows that a better understanding of the music of medieval drama has much to teach us about other aspects of the genre. The book should be of interest to literary scholars, theatre historians, musicologists, liturgical scholars, and those involved in the performance of early drama.

How long is The St Gall Passion Play?

The St Gall Passion Play by Peter MacArdle is 460 pages long, and a total of 115,000 words.

This makes it 155% the length of the average book. It also has 141% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The St Gall Passion Play Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 28 minutes to read The St Gall Passion Play aloud.

What Reading Level is The St Gall Passion Play?

The St Gall Passion Play is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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