Background
Paul Richer Evans was born on August 31, 1925, in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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The Early Trope Repertory of Saint Martial de Limoges
(Focusing on the earliest and most extensive collection of...)
Focusing on the earliest and most extensive collection of tropes we now possess, those associated with the abbey of Saint Martial de Limoges in the tenth and early eleventh centuries, Professor Evans offers new conclusions about the nature and early development of the trope.
https://www.amazon.com/Repertory-Martial-Limoges-Princeton-Studies/dp/0691091099/?tag=2022091-20
1970
Paul Richer Evans
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It is unknown, where Paul Richer Evans received his education.
Career
Paul Richer Evans taught at Oberlin College from 1960 to 1964, and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1964 to 1969. From 1969 to 2000 he was a professor of music history. His 1970 work, The Early Trope Repertory of Saint Martial de Limoges, includes a large-scale transcription of an early-eleventh century manuscript, as well as analysis on the creation of tropes and the activities of tropers at the abbey of Saint Martial de Limoges in southern France. Evans’s book gives detailed information about the form’s defining characteristics, associated terminology, and history. He used the work of nine Saint Martial tropers to illustrate issues such as format and provenance.
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Paul Richer Evans was best known as music historian who contributed to the contemporary understanding of medieval tropes, a form of music developed to embellish religious services. Reviews of Evans’s book, The Early Trope Repertory of Saint Martial de Limoges, cited the work as an important contribution to the subject of tropes; both the general discussion of tropes and the analysis of St. Martial examples were valued.
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The Early Trope Repertory of Saint Martial de Limoges
(Focusing on the earliest and most extensive collection of...)
1970
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The Early Trope Repertory of Saint Martial de Limoges
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American
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1960 - 1964
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1964 - 1969
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1969 - 2000