MUSI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gregorian Chant, Feudalism
9 May 2016
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Medieval mystics: the dark ages- fell away from reason, pre-enlightenment, plague, time of king arthur, feudalism- hierarchy system, fall of the roman empire, 476-1450, chant, pope gregory. Dove whispered all of the chants in his ear and he wrote it down-myth. Medieval modes- pattern of notes: whole step vs. half step. Medieval music was organized according to pattern; a series of whole and half steps. Chant has a very narrow range: male voices (monks) Differences between in paradisum and hildegard: columba aspexit: male and female, hildegards is singing faster; alternate soloist and whole group, different tambor and range. Hildegard (1098-1179: first woman to receive permission from the pope to write, first writer to discuss science and gynecology from women"s perspective, visions from god, first composer whose name we know, nun, clumba aspexit.
