MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Acute Accent, Quadrivium, Plainsong
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Kyrie eleison (accent aigu on second e) lord have mercy . Announcements: midterm: next friday oct 3, any issues with setting up quizzes or online section of book contact publisher, review topics will be posted by the end of this week. Introit ( entrance ) chant accompanies the procession of the bishop to the altar; includes a solo passage of chant in the middle. Kyrie and gloria sung antiphonally (halves of the choir in alternation) The composers loved to use the room to their advantage. Ea chant is part of the ordinary. The kyrie, the greek text, is a ninefold (3+3+3) invocation sung antiphonally. Listen for what the composer has done. Sept. 22, 2014: a single voice starts them off, Choir: not a whole lot of words, great example of melismatic, text can be extended by melismatic writing writing ( kyrie eleison , big melisma at the beginning.
