[Gregory the Great, suited up and ready to hear Gregorian Chant as part of Quiz 3 (Medieval Music I) for Music Appreciation, beyond 11:10am, Wednesday, February 13, Diablo Valley College, San Ramon, CA]
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)
***
Working hard on Quiz 2 (Ancient Music),
after
the
strenuous
but
always
scenic
morning
commute
(snow in the Sunol Wilderness Ridges south of Livermore-Dublin Valley);
towards
another
stroll
on the DVCSR-to-Pleasant-Hill Route thereafter, continuing on Alameda Diablo, now from the junction of La Cadena
to
Redwood Wall,
on the 36th day of spring,
high up 3 to 55
(locally and in
Danville; Pleasant Hill, 56; San Ramon, 54),
back
via a
petrol
stop,
then
vaulting
north
under
heroic
clouds,
to edit page 47 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act IV, and compose
The Decameron, Op. 289
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Tenth Day / Novel IX - Saladin, in guise of a merchant, is honourably entreated by Messer Torello
Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
IVb7. Ice Bergerette (Shepherd's Song in the Brush) - Susato, Berlioz
Book of Revelation, Op. 296 (2019)
Opera Oratorio after John of Patmos, AD 6-100
Chapter II - Message to Ephasus (Quixotic, Dotted Quarter = 100, 6/8-3/8-9/8)
Alto Flute, English Horn, Bass Clarinet, Contrabassoon,
Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
John, Angelic Chorus
Piano, Vibraphone, Marimba, Pizzicato Strings
Sources
Primary
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Threni (1958)
Secondary
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - Carmen (1874)
Wayne Shanklin (1916-1970) - Jezebel (1951)
"Message to Ephasus:
I know what you have done.
You've worked hard.
But now think how far you've fallen!
If you have ears, listen!
Message to Smyrna:
I know your troubles, your're poor.
But you're really rich! I know you'll be put though testing.
I will give you life for your vict'ry!
If you have ears, listen!
Message to Perganum:
I know where you live, it's tough.
Turn from your sin now!
Or I'll come and fight against you!
If you have ears, listen!
Message to Thyat'ra:
I know what you do, know your love, your service, your patience.
But you tolerate that Jezebel, a messenger from Hell!
I will throw her down for dead!
If you have ears, listen!"
...(respectively 14, 6, and 9 pages total)...
