The Aquitanian Sacred Repertoire in Its Cultural Context: An Examination of Petri clavigeri kari, In hoc anni circulo, and Cantu miro summa laude Recek, Andrea Rose M.A. Thesis, Graduate School of the University of Oregon, September (2008) Abstract Medieval Aquitaine was a vibrant region in terms of its politics, religion, and culture, and these interrelated aspects of […]
The Aquitanian Sacred Repertoire in Its Cultural Context: An Examination of Petri clavigeri kari, In hoc anni circulo, and Cantu miro summa laude
August 14, 2011 By
Messiaen and plainchant
August 14, 2011 By
Messiaen and plainchant By Jason M. Hardink PhD Dissertation, Rice University, 2007 Abstract: This paper discusses the varying levels of influence that Gregorian chant exerted on the music of Olivier Messiaen. The religious symbolism of Catholic theology dictated the programmatic elements of Messiaen’s works, and the music of the Roman Catholic liturgy functioned as an […]
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage
August 2, 2011 By
Music Associated with Santiago and the Pilgrimage Pederson,E.O. Perspectives on the Camino: A collection of essays on the Camino (2007) Abstract The Medieval Period The tradition of pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is more than 1,000 years old, and over that time musical styles and tastes, indeed the very language of music itself and the […]
French Secular Music of the Late 14th Century
July 24, 2011 By
French Secular Music of the Late 14th Century Apel, William (University of North Carolina) Medieval Academy of America (1962) Abstract The present publication is intend to fill, in some measure, the most serious gap in our knowledge of the history of polyphonic music, that is, the development of French music between Machaut and Dufay. To be […]
Etiology of the Dancing Plague
July 17, 2011 By
Etiology of the Dancing Plague O’Neill, Daniel InterCulture: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 2, Issue 3, Fall (2005) Abstract The phenomenon of dancing mania (also Dancing Plague or choreomania) has manifested itself in various forms in cultures throughout the world since its first recorded emergence at the beginning of the Middle Ages. The Dancing Plague has often […]
A sixteenth century bardic poem composed for Seán Mac Conmara, Lord of West Clann Chuiléin
July 17, 2011 By
In this paper, Luke McInerney examines the late 16th century bardic poem Créd fá seachnaim síol Aodha? composed by Domhnall Ó Maoilchonaire for his patron Seán Mac Conmara, Lord of West Clann Chuiléin.
Muzyczna panorama średniowiecznego Krakowa
July 7, 2011 By
Muzyczna panorama średniowiecznego Krakowa Bebak, Marek (Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego) Kwartalnik Studentów Muzykologów Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Nr. 2, (10/2008) Abstract Kraków jako ośrodek życia kulturalnego średniowiecznej Polski Jednym z najważniejszych ośrodków rozwoju średniowiecznej kultury muzycznej w Pol- sce był niewątpliwie Kraków. To tutaj zakładano liczne klasztory nowo przybyłych zgroma- dzeń, to tutaj przybywali zagraniczni duchowni, by uczyć dopiero […]
Polskie kapele muzyczne średniowiecza i renesansu
July 5, 2011 By
Polskie kapele muzyczne średniowiecza i renesansu Wiśniewski, Ks. Piotr Wirtualnej Bilblioteki Społeczna (2007) Abstract Pod pojęciem kapela rozumiano w średniowieczu chór śpiewaków kościelnych, zarówno dworskich jak i przykatedralnych, kierowany przez duchownego dostojnika dworskiego w charakterze prefekta kapeli. Z biegiem czasu termin ten uległ jednak znacznemu rozszerzeniu. W XVI wieku kapela obejmowała bowiem nie tylko grupę osób […]
Musica secundum imaginationem : Notation, Complexity, and Possibility in the Ars subtilior
June 19, 2011 By
Musica secundum imaginationem : Notation, Complexity, and Possibility in the Ars subtilior By Thomas W. Patteson Published Online (2008) Introduction: To write about the Ars subtilior is to enter a strange territory. The music itself is strange enough, but the musicological construction of Ars subtilior as an historical period (or genre, or stylistic development), being […]
Gregorian Chant and Power Politics in Medieval Tuscany
May 23, 2011 By
Gregorian Chant and Power Politics in Medieval Tuscany Lecture by James Maiello Given at Vanderbilt University (2011) James Maiello, senior lecturer in music at Vanderbilt’ Blair School of Music, speaking at the Commencement 2011 Faculty Seminars. Maiello’s research interests include plainchant, medieval and Renaissance music, and the philosophy of music education. In addition to presenting […]
Anglo Saxon Music: 500-1066
May 23, 2011 By
Anglo Saxon Music: 500-1066 By Jessica Lovett Published Online (2000) Introduction: Unlike its current trivial place in today’s society, in the early middle ages music was a valued part of the four sciences, or quadrivium. The potential effects of this science were both useful and dangerous. While no anglo-saxon treatise surv ives pertaining to music, […]
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula
May 13, 2011 By
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Annette Bauer – recorders, voice, percussion, citole, bells Phoebe Jevtovic – voice, bells Shira Kammen – vielle, harp, voice Tim Rayborn – psaltery, percussion ‘ud, citole Tonight, we were delighted that we had a fantastic opportunity to attend a concert by Cançonièr. Cançonièr, “songbook” […]
The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin
May 8, 2011 By
The transformation of homosexual Liebestod in sagas translated from Latin Ashurst, David Saga-Book (2002) Abstract The focus of this article will be on a series of texts in which one warrior dies clasping the body of a fallen comrade; but before concentrating on that theme I must explain the term liebestod, ëlove- deathí, and its […]
The Physical Spell of Gregorian Chant
May 1, 2011 By
Gregorian chant was usually sung by the entire congregation and the melodies were always performed in unison
Music: An Instrument of Dialogue Christian Medieval Music and Arab Music, or the Need for Heresy
April 24, 2011 By
Music: An Instrument of Dialogue Christian Medieval Music and Arab Music, or the Need for Heresy By Luca Brunelli Felicetti European Journal of Science and Theology, Vol.4, No.4 (2008) Abstract: Now, medieval music would seem to make sense only as a pleasure for those, who are not able to live in modern times. This outdated […]
FRENCH SECULAR MUSIC OF THE LATE FOURTEENTH CENTUR
April 17, 2011 By
FRENCH SECULAR MUSIC OF THE LATE FOURTEENTH CENTURY LINKER, ROBERT W. and HOLMES, JR.,URBAN T. (University of North Carolina) MEDIAEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS (1950) Abstract The present publication is intended to fill, in some measure, the most serious gap in our knowledge of the history of polyphonic music, that is, the development of French […]
Please Don’t Talk about Hildegard and Feminism in the Same Breath!
April 13, 2011 By
Carolingian Chant: Roman, Frankish-Roman, Frankish
April 10, 2011 By
Carolingian Chant: Roman, Frankish-Roman, Frankish By RICHARD L. CROCKER The Gentle Voice of Teachers: Aspects of Learning in the Carolingian Age, edited by Richard E. Sullivan (Ohio State University Press, 1995) Introduction: As the Carolingian Franks picked their way — figuratively and literally — among the Roman ruins, they encountered many strange and wonderful things. […]
Medieval Music Videos from History for Music Lovers
April 5, 2011 By
History for Music Lovers is a group of teachers who make history-based music parodies, including these medieval hits!
A musical instrument fit for a queen: the metamorphosis of a Medieval citole
March 21, 2011 By
The British Museum’s citole is one of Britain’s earliest extant stringed instruments.
Music in the Time of Saint Anselm
March 21, 2011 By
Music in the Time of Saint Anselm Cox, Donald R. (Saint Anselm College) The Saint Anselm Journal 2.1 (Fall 2004) Abstract The 11th century gave birth to a new artistic impulse as it also gave rise to original and systematic treatises about faith. St. Anselm, innovative theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury, contemplated the qualities of faith […]
Hildegard of Bingen: Upholding the Status Quo through Innovation
March 9, 2011 By
Hildegard of Bingen: Upholding the Status Quo through Innovation By Laura Bock 2009 Winner of the James Madison University Academic Writing Contest (2009) Introduction: Hildegard of Bingen stands out in the standard music history textbook as one of the first noted female composers in documented history. Upon further examination of her biography, it becomes clear Hildegard was quite prolific, not merely as a composer, but as an author, poet, theologian, and scientist. Throughout her works, many parallels are apparent between […]
Pipers and waits in the English royal households, c1290-1475: issues of identity and function
February 28, 2011 By
In studying the minstrels of the English royal households in the late Middle Ages I did say something about those minstrels described as ‘piper’, but not enough.
Hildegard on Trial: A Note Regarding the Narrow Reception of a Medieval Abbess-Composer
February 25, 2011 By
Hildegard on Trial: A Note Regarding the Narrow Reception of a Medieval Abbess-Composer DiCenso, Daniel Marginalia, Vol. 5, (2007) Abstract Hildegard of Bingen, known widely after her death as the ‘Sybil of the Rhine’, was an abbess, composer, poet, herbalist, artist, scholar, mystic and visionary. During her lifetime (1098-1179), Hildegard produced major works of music, […]
Renaissance Women as Patrons of Music: The North-Italian Courts
February 20, 2011 By
Renaissance Women as Patrons of Music: The North-Italian Courts By William F. Prizer Rediscovering the Muses: Women’s Musical Traditions, ed. Kimberly Marshall (Boston, 1993) Introduction: During the last twenty years, a number of Renaissance scholars have analyzed the musical life of north-Italian courts and cities and have defined the patterns of patronage there. Thanks to […]
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