Strategies of Time Regulations in the Jesuit Music Cultures of Silesia

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Minor notes: 

159: The Jesuits did not wish to sing it in the choir by ourselves, but 160 prescribed it to members of the sodalities they founded (Maňas 2008, 102–43). 

I am not aware that in the mentioned source there is a claim of it, perhaps I understand this sentence not fully. But generally, I would not dare to claim that sodalities were obliged to pray the office of hours. 

Regarding chapter 3.7 I recommend considering the typical structure of hymnodiae (cantiones for missae feriales).  

Quoniam moris est studiosae Juventuti pios cantus sub sacro concinere, ut etiam sic DEUM laudare studeant, quod multi praesertim Parvuli, nescirent hoc tempore animum pie occupare, idcirco pro singulis hebdomadae diebus, sequentes accommodantur hymnodiae.

 HYMNODIAE Sub Sacrum a Studiosa Juventute decantari solita (Manuale 1714: 98–121)

Author Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review this manuscript. 

I am deleting the sentence concerning the practice of the office of hours: this should refer to the boarding schools.

Thank you also for information about HYMNODIAE Sub Sacrum a Studiosa Juventute decantari solita and Your article about it!

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Reviewer 2 Report

I am not knowledgeable about Silesian religious culture and am therefore unable to comment on the factual research content of this paper, so I must trust the author's authority. However I find its theoretical and analytical content clear and valid. It is perhaps a shame that the author does not reference much ethnomusicology, for comparisons with other cultures could then be drawn--which would support the unsupported claims of universality made near the outset. For example Kofi Agawu's "African Rhythm" A Northern Ewe Perspective" explains a very similar kind of structure in Ewe culture, namely a nested configuration of cyclic norms affecting life at numerous scales.

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

I attach a list of edits and suggestions.

Author Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review this manuscript. I am very thankful for all your editorial corrections and suggestions. A reference to the ethnomusicological approach is marked by only one quotation PhD (by Kristin D. Mann); more thorough comparison would require extended studies.