Gregorian chant

a melody with entrances and exits from the Kakko and a San-no-tsuzumi. The Ryuteki introduces us to the melody used throughout the remainder of the piece. These moments of monophony are seen throughout the piece. An example of monophony from Gregorian Chant can be found in “Alleluia Vidimus Stellam”(1). This clip begins with a male soloist singing sacred text, who is later joined by a choir of men. The choir is singing in unison, meaning together and without harmony. The melody sung by the choir…

middle Ages between 500-1400 AD. The Catholic Church’s chants dominated at this time with their sacred music known as the Gregorian chant. This sacred music gradually developed into polyphonic music known as organum. However, secular music also flourished from Trouveres and Troubadours, until it was crowned with secular compositions of the first true genius of western music regarded as Guillaume de Machaut (Organ, 2001). However, the Gregorian chant was developed from early Christian music…

Gregorian chant from the ninth and tenth century of the medieval Catholic church is also known as plain chant. Kyrie eleison and Credo are two examples of Gregorian chant that share many similarities, but also include many small details that signify their differences because they were created for different purposes. In the paragraphs below I will explain how the musical notes from the two chants signify how the two chants are similar and also very different from each other. Both chants are…

the lines of crusades, dancing, and love songs and less of the more religious and spiritual theme that sacred has. There are several different types of sacred music. The most common ones being the Gregorian Chant, Organum, Mass Ordinary, and Renaissance Motets. According to our book, the Gregorian Chant “consists of melody set to sacred…

Hildegard von Bingen. The piece lacks an accompaniment, featuring a single female vocalist. The vocalist’s range is rather broad, jumping from one end of the scale to the other easily. The notes are legato, flowing into one another, typical in Gregorian chants. The texture of the song is light and airy, fitting with the message of salvation in the piece. Many phrases being with a crescendo and end in a diminuendo. Being nonmetric the style of the piece is that of a rondo. The Medieval Period…

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To begin, there are many instances where the choir uses Gregorian chant like in measure 57-61 of the Vignette. This sets a serious mood in some parts of the song. Also, the choir repeats several lines in the song throughout which emphasises the main point of the vignette which is “I see everything”. Nevertheless,…

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