A century of French music (1830–1930): Chants, organum and the devil

Monday 24 January 2011

Chants, organum and the devil

Ambrosian, Gallican, Mozarabic, Byzantine, Znamenny, Old Roman; Gregorian wasn’t the only type of Christian chant being sung in the Middle Ages. And then; with organum and the Ars Antiqua — Léonin, Pérotin and the Notre Dame School; came the start of polyphony .
The devil? Well…
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Full Mass text in Latin with literal English translation.

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