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Bedrich Smetana, 1879, Symphonic poem |
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Giovanni De Palestrina, 1584, motet |
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viderunt omnes plainchant |
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anon, middle ages precise unknown |
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at least 35,000 years old |
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Why does plainchant lack rhythm and instrumental accompaniment? |
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the church wanted to avoid any association with roman paganism |
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the calm and focus of plainchant reflects: |
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the monastery’s island of peace following the chaos of the fall of rome |
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A melismatic plainchant has: |
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many notes per syllable of text |
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Why is viderunt omnes so melismatic? |
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it was sung just before the gospel reading on Christmas day |
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in the polyphonic version of viderunt omnes, which voice sings the original chant? |
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the tenor, which acts as a drone |
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the polyphonic version of viderunt omnes reflects what cultural context? |
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a yearning by everyday city dwellers for a sense of beauty and spirituality |
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the polyphonic version of viderunt omnes was first heard at: |
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The polyphonic version of viderunt omnes used this strict rhythmic pattern: |
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medieval harmony is based on |
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medievals called these intervals: |
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the ancient greeks believed that harmonies such as the fifth reflected: |
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musica universalis, the harmony i.e. order and perfection of the universe |
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what did pythagoras discover about octaves? |
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it is based on a 2:1 ratio, such that a string cut in half sounds an eve higher |
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