MUSIC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Hildegard Of Bingen, Monophony, Melisma
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Powerpoint slides from last couple lectures on avenue. Friday (hildegard von bingen) and monday (secular music) not in text but it will be on midterm. Gradual and alleluia: most elaborate chants in the mass: musical meditations, gradual is sung from the altar step (gradus, alleluia: alternates b/w syllabic, melismatic, alternates b/w soloist and choir. Embellishing the liturgy: how did we go from monophony to polyphony, strong role of stability and tradition in worship nonetheless allowed for creative additions, flexibility. Wed. sept. 24, 2014: don"t have to perform the rite w/o interruption, trope: interpolated addition to a liturgical text, sequence: poem appended to the alleluia. Religious poem that could be intoned right after the alleluia: polyphony, notre dame polyphony is the first repertory of polyphonic music attributed to specific composers. Recall: before this, all anonymous: note-against-note polyphony: punctus contra punctum ( point against point )
