BEETHOVEN'S MISSA SOLEMNIS
ON THE HISTORY OF CHURCH MUSIC
LINKS WITH INFORMATION ON EARLY POLYPHONY



 



 

 

LINKS ON MUSIC NOTATION

 

Hucbald of St. Amand in the Catholic Encyclopedia

Odo von Cluny in the Classical Composers Database

Guido of Arezzo (Grove excerpt)

Guido of Arezzo in the Catholic Encyclopedia



LINKS ON TROPES AND SEQUENCES

Notker "the Stammerer" on Sequences

Responsories and Sequences



LINKS ON EARLY POLYPHONY


Medieval Music - Birth of Polyphony
(Stanford University)

Early Polyphony: Notre Dame Organum Hac dies
Listening Sample

Thirteenth Century Polyphony
Quick Guide to Combinations and Cadences

 

LINK ON ARS ANTIQUA

Ars Antiqua - 1160 - 1320

Encyclopedia Britannica short definition

Ars Antiqua - The Real Facts Contribution Company

 

LINK TO LISTENING SAMPLES


Classical Midi Archives: Listening Samples of Perotin (ca. 1159 - 1205):
Alleluja: Posui adiutorium
Organum: Alleluya Nativitas
Sederunt Principes
Organum à vocalises quadruple: 'Viredunt'