[Gregory the Great, suited up and ready to hear Gregorian Chant as part of Quiz 3 (Medieval Music I) for Diablo Valley College Music Appreciation -- Wednesday, February 12, San Ramon; Thursday, February 13, and Friday, February 21 [rescheduled!], Pleasant Hill)
Medieval Music I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_music
D Dorian, D Minor, and E Phrygian:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_mode
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_minor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode
Five Items of the Mass Ordinary, in Order - with Translations and - Typical Forms:
Kyrie - Lord Have Mercy - ABA (Ternary)
Gloria - Glory - Through-Composed (ongoing composition with no particular recurring pattern)
Credo - Creed (I Believe) - Through-Composed
Sanctus (Holy) - ABCB (Verse-Chorus)
Agnus Dei - Lamb of God - AB (Binary)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_(liturgy)
Intervals from Perfect Unison to Perfect Fifth, and Number of Steps in Each:
Perfect Unison (P1) = 0 Steps
Minor Second (m2) = 1/2 Step
Major Second (M2) = 1 Step
Minor Third (m3) = 1 1/2 Steps
Major Third (M3) = 2 Steps
Perfect Fourth (P4) = 2 1/2 Steps
Tritone = 3 Steps
Perfect Fifth (P5) = 3 1/2 Steps
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)
Listening:
[Identify by Composer (or Region, as given) and Title and describe
re one or more of the following catagories
Rhythm
Pitch
Dynamics
Timbre (Tone-Color)
Texture
Harmony
Form
Context]
Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BphlyIVXyWQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_chant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyriale
Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zciDnkMjfE
https://wikihost.uib.no/medieval/index.php/Sanctus_Magnus_dux
India - Raga Maru Bihag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7-D29IxHQo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_classical_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raga
Leonin - Hec Dies (The Is the Day)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8133/01/leonin-c-1133-1190.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léonin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jchG88GvZ8Y
(alternate version - slow w/ inexplicable added melodic note)
(N.B. Haec Dies is the more proper spelling... Hec an early Medieval variant)
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The resolute Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Friday Music Historians receives Quiz 2 Ancient Music,
after which there are academic errands and
more footsteps on the Coast Range section of the Pony Express Trail,
at the moment from Laguna Creek Junction Parking
to
South Gore,
looping north around the Curved Hypotenuse,
returning southwest
to
point of origin, on this 34th day of spring, high again 67 (Fairfield / Martinez / Pleasant Hill, 69),
beginning composition re
No Exit, Op. 330
XI. I'm Here Because
and posting
Helena Suite, Op. 44 (1992) on the
International Music Score LIbrary Project...
