"Maloy's contribution is immensely valuable, and the edition and notes of the offertories are a veritable gold mine of information that should spur continued and intense study of a repertory that is the most problematic in both the Roman and Gregorian traditions." --Music and Letters "Maloy has convincingly established a chronology for Roman and Gregorian offertories. Throughout the monograph, references are made not only to musicological studies but also to monastic, liturgical, political, and other historical writings, thus providing a wide context in which to view this single genre of chant. Future studies will most certainly rely on Maloy's methodology and conclusions as new investigations are begun into other bewildering aspects of medieval Latin chant." --Speculum "Inside the Offertory is an important contribution to the history of the offertory, exploring its origins and transmission through close textual and musical analysis of the Franco-Roman, Roman, Milanese and Old Hispanic repertories. The companion edition is a most valuable resource." --Emma Hornby, Lecturer in Music, University of Bristol, UK "Rebecca Maloy's book is one of very few to put a particular type of Gregorian chant under the microscope, and it reveals a fascinating world of liturgical and musical enterprise, achievement and decay, in times so remote as to seem beyond hope of recall. Offertories are among the grandest of all chants, and those who follow Maloy into their secret depths will be amply rewarded.

" --David Hiley, Professor of Musicology, Regensburg University "Rebecca Maloy has approached the Gordian knot of the offertory and its verses with exceptional--indeed exemplary--thoroughness, reason, and persuasiveness. Her monograph, supported by analyses and editions, significantly advances the dialogue concerning the origins and transmission of medieval chant." --Calvin M. Bower, Department of Music, University of Notre Dame "The accomplishments of Maloy's scholarly study are many.The website containing her edition of the offertories makes a significant contribution to scholarship on this subject.Maloy does a superior job of presenting the most comprehensive evidence to date on the subject and allowing the expert reader to make further inquiries into the topic independently using the tools she so skillfully provides." --Religion and the Arts "The transcriptions of all 94 offertories in both Gregorian and Old Roman traditions, published here for the first time, are an invaluable resource of information about variants and historical traditions for the informed chant performer." --Early Music "Brings together a large part of the discussions that occupied chant scholarship in the last sixty years.

Should be read by everyone interested in the early history of chant, not only by offertory speialists." --Journal of the American Musicological Society.