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The Advent Project: The Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper. By James McKinnon. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000. [xiv, 466 p. ISBN 0-520-22198-2. $50.]

The circumstances surrounding the origin of Gregorian chant have long been shrouded in mystery. James McKinnon's The Advent Project, the final achievement of his career, takes a great step toward removing this veil. Through a critical examination of patristic sources, liturgical documents, and the repertory itself, McKinnon constructs a unified and compelling chronology of the Mass Proper. Contrary to the traditional view that Gregorian chant evolved gradually during the fourth, ...

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