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Organum

  • Earliest form of polyphony, or more than one voice sounding at a time
  • Musica Enchiriadis from 9th century: discusses organum
  • Vox principalis: main voice
  • Vox Organalis: organum or second voice, below main voice and normally sustained
  • Guido: innovator in notation, proto staff, and Guidonian hand to help in polyphony
  • Notre Dame School: leonine and Perotin
  • Wrote in discant style using rhythmic modes
  • Took original chant and wrote substitute clausulae
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgaEFmdFcM

Organum

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Music History and Appreciation