teachings of a loving Messiah was through music‚ in simple chant. The title Antiphon at First Vespers‚ the Finding of the Holy Cross is very revealing of its liturgical use in the Office‚ 8 services performed daily at designated times. The differing prayer services were every 3 hours and were particularly important to the Monasteries and Convents in which they were performed for several hours daily along with mass. An Antiphon is a chant sung before and after a psalm quite simply. The First Vespers
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“Sing We And Chant It” is a vocal composition in the English madrigal tradition by Thomas Morley (ca. 1557-1602)‚ who was the first in a long line of many great English madrigalists. The recording is performed by The Douglas Frank Chorale. Morley is credited with the transplantation of the Italian madrigal tradition to England. He fashioned his works on the Italian models‚ but he used greater tonal sophistication and harmonic variety. “Sing We And Chant It” is an a capella choral work featuring
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Gregorian Chant and Benedictine Monks Our class visited the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit‚ which is more commonly called the Monastery of the Holy Spirit on December 9‚ 2009. This monastery was founded in 1944 by a group of Cistercian monks‚ often referred to as Trappists‚ sent to Georgia from the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. The grounds of the Monastery of the Holy Spirit include slightly over 2‚000 acres of land in a rapidly growing suburban area southeast of Atlanta. The Trappist
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is also believed that he had some type of legal education. His legacy‚ however‚ would center on his love of music. In fact‚ Pope St. Gregory the Great is known as the patron of singers and musicians and this passion left what is known as the Gregorian Chants. It would have been a reasonable expectation that Gregory would go into some type of public office; perhaps even a political career. Instead‚ he opted to follow his faith. Around 573‚ he would have been around the age of 30. He
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twelfth and thirteenth centuries from 590 to 604 during the ninth century during the fifteenth century ebook & resources eBook page 92 Multiple Choice 92 4. award: 0 out of 1 point Which of the following is not true of Gregorian chant? It conveys a calm‚ otherworldly quality. The melodies tend to move stepwise within a narrow range of pitches. Its rhythm is flexible‚ without meter. → It is usually polyphonic in texture. 5. award: 0 out of 1 point Listen
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The different modes are Dorian‚ Phrygian‚ Aeolian‚ Ionian‚ Mixolydian‚ Lydian. Many folk music are based on these modes. For example‚ the song What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor uses the Dorian mode. 2)Gregorian Chant For over 1000 years the Roman Catholic church uses the Gregorian Chant as their official music. It consists of the melody set to
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Contrafactum-take a set melody and replace existing lyrics with new ones Gregorian chant- also known as : “Carolinian chant”‚ monophonic‚ limited melodic range‚ unmeasured rhythm‚ based on modes : Syllabic-one note per syllable Neumatic-2-6 notes per syllable Melismatic-many notes per syllable Strophic-same music for each line of changing text Liturgy- the text of the Mass‚ this text was used for Gregorian chants Ordinary Mass- 5 prayers that always represent the Mass; • Kyrie=Lord •
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People used music for different things as entertainment‚ in the church and through their lifetime. The main form of music during The Middle Ages was the Gregorian Chant‚ named for Pope Gregory I. This music was used in the Catholic Church to enhance services. It knew as sacred music of Latin text‚ sung by monks without instrumentation. The Chant is sung in a monophonic texture‚ which means there is only one line of music. It has a flowing rhythm with little or no set beat. At the end of The
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eighth tone that duplicates the first octave higher. The Gregorian chant was the official music for the Roman Catholic Church for over a thousand years. The Gregorian chant has some elements of the Jewish synagogue of the first centuries after Christ. It has a monophonic texture and is sung without others. The quality of the Gregorian chant is calm and tranquil. The rhythm of it is very flexible and it contains no meter. The Gregorian chant is named after Pope Gregory I. The Second Vatican Council
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Natasha Leon Music class Study guide Study guide 1 1. Sound- begins with the vibration of an object‚ such as a table that is pounded or a string that is plucked or bowed. 2. Music- is part of this world of sound‚ an art based on the organization of sounds in time. 3. Pitch- is the relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound. 4. Interval- "Distance" in pitch between any two tones. 5. How are vibration and pitch related? - The faster the vibrations‚ the higher the
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