Cody Alvarado Music Theory 7/29/12 Gregorian Chant Guillaume Dufay - 1397 -1474, Ave Maris Stella Guillaume Dufay (Du Fay, Du Fayt) (August 5, 1397 – November 27, 1474) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance. As a boy he sang in the choir of Cambrai Cathedral. Ordained a priest, he acquired a high reputation for learnedness. In 1428 he joined the papal singers in Rome, by which time his works had made him famous. He returned to Cambrai 1440, where he would supervise the cathedral's music for the rest of his life, apart from a period (145158) working for the duke of Savoy.
It is also important to note that this prayer book was published a mere 20 years before independence. Introduction: In this prayer book, the Church of England provides a basic script for church services. The opening sermon, songs to sing and lessons taught. It is similar to the Anglican Church’s Book of Common Prayer, still used today by both the Anglican Church and the Episcopal Church. Essay question: What undertones do you find different in this older prayer book that is not common in the more modern Anglican prayer books.
Peru's principal religion is Roman Catholicism, as with many other Latin American nations. It is the official state religion and has been exerting influence on affairs of the state and daily administration for the past 400 years. Most church activities and clergy are centered in and around Lima, which is the state capital. Most of the official functions of the state are incorporated into the rites of the church. The investiture of the president begins with high mass in the cathedral, followed by Holy Week events and then the celebration of major Peruvian saints' days and festivals, like Santa Rosa de Lima.
Gregorian Chant was Psalms and songs that were very diverse and also used in church. After the Gregorian chant came the secular music period. One type of Latin song was called a versus, which was normally sacred and sometimes attached to the liturgy. In a versus, the poetry was rhymed and usually followed a regular pattern of accents. Monophonic versus were composed from
In order to help properly explain the changes to the words we will be praying in mass at the start of Advent, it may be helpful to take a brief look back at some history of the Church. The first Roman Missal was published in Latin about 500 years ago. It was a combination of many different books and became a complete book with all the prayers and responses needed to properly celebrate mass during each liturgical season. This missal was used all around the world, as all masses at the time were celebrated in one language, Latin. When the Church first decided to change the mass into the common language of each nation after the second Vatican council in the 1960’s, the original Roman Missal needed to be translated into English for use here.
(Armenta) Billings was known for writing his own texts and broke from colonial New England tradition and used the psalms verses for many of the lyrics of his hymns. He also introduced the use of pitch pipes and cello as tools to help with the intonation of church choirs. Billings also organized a singing class in 1774 which evolved in 1986 into the Stoughton Musical Society. (Columbia University Press) Two of his most popular sacred compositions include When Jesus Wept and the anthem David's Lamentation. (Deibel) In addition to the hymns, he also composed 51 fuging tunes, 4 canons and 52 anthems and set-pieces, and patriotic tunes.
Middle ages music period extends from 500 AD to 1400 AD, while the Renaissance music is from the 1400 AD to 1600 AD. Renaissance was about rebirth. Medieval period is the foundation that was laid for the notational and theoretical practices that shaped western music into what it is today. Music of the middle Ages made great advancements in regard to tonal material, texture, and rhythm.The church was majorly affected by the development of music, the first major type of music of this time was chanting. The early Christians inherited the Jewish chants of synagogues.
earlymusicla.org laweekly Introduction to Baroque Art and Music (pages 94-102) - It originates first in Rome, as a way to glorify the Counter-Reformation Catholic Church, and then spread beyond Italy to Spain, France, Germany, Austria, the Low Countries and England in the early seventeenth Century. -The artists who created Baroque art worked mainly for the pope and important monarchs throughout Europe. -Baroque is the term used to describe the arts generally during the period 1600-1750. Definition: Taken from the Portuguese word barroco, refering to a pearl of irregular shape then used in jewelry and fine decorations. - Baroque had a negative connotation: It signified distortion, excess, and extravagance... except when we get to Vivaldi and Bach.
He studied at the University of Leipzig studying law. During his time here another student at the university arranged to have one of his compositions performed and after this performance he found himself writing for the largest church in Leipzig. He composed literally thousands of works, including 12 complete cantata cycles for the liturgical year, 44 Passions, oratorios, funeral and wedding services, chamber music, about 40 operas, and over 600 overtures in the French style. Whereas J. S. Bach could maintain his individuality when he wrote in the French or Italian style, Telemann prided himself on taking on the characteristics of every national style, writing in what was then called the new style galant. He could write with ease and fluency in any of them and often absorbed influences of Polish and English music.
During medieval times, speaking Latin was the acceptable language due to the prominence of the Roman Empire. The Roman Catholic Church for centuries following medieval times, continued to use Latin in its services all over the world. All countries conquered and\or ruled by the Roman Empire used Latin as their national language. When the Roman Empire began to fall and withdraw