Second printing of the first edition of this scarce book. The full title is " Eastern elements in Western chant. Studies in the early history of ecclesiastical music." The book is divided into four parts: Part 1 Greek hymns in the Mass and Office of the Western church; Part 2 The structure of Byzantine melody: Part 3 Analogies between early Christian, Byzantine, Ambrosian. and Gregorian melodic formulae; Part 4 Early Christian and Byzantine elements in sequences and tropes. There are 9 facsimiles and plates of music, some of them fold-out. A lot of music is also included in the text. The covers are edgeworn and corner-bumped with some scuffing and small marks and the spine is faded. Owner's signature on front free endpaper. Firmly bound and text clean and bright except for the very occasional lightly pencilled annotation.