sermons were so powerful to those around her that listeners requested written copies of her work. In order to please her followers, she composed her words of prayer into over 70 different pieces of music. One of her most famous works is titled, Ordo Virtutum, and exhibits a man who follows Virtue, and then turns to follow the Devil, and then returns back to Virtue only to discover that the path of evil is a deadly choice.
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Section one: 10 lecture questions 1. Why did composers of early polyphony use chant as the basis for their new compositions? * Chant was believed to have originated from Gregory the Great, who received it directly from God. * C., 800 Charlemagne mandated the standardization of chant repertoire in his kingdom. * Given the long tradition, including chant in new sacred music legitimized the new composition. 2. Why is Paris an important site for the notation of polyphonic music?
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them. Corsi, Peri, and Rinuccini were members of a group who believed that the dramas of Classical Greek Antiquity were sung rather than spoken. Medieval liturgical dramas started in about the 10th century. Hildegard von Bingen's 12th century Ordo virtutum can be staged, although we don't know whether it was. The same is true of the anonymous Play of Daniel, Play of Herod, and other liturgical plays from the early 13th century. Adam de la Halle's later 13th century Play of Robin & Marion has
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Early European Theater • The writings of this period were primarily hymns, sermons and similar theologically oriented works. • Latin became a literary medium. • Major preserves of learning are the monasteries. • 8th century Europe returned to greater stability under the Carolingian kings. ➢ Charles Martel – defeated the Moslems at Tours in 732 AD, through his innovative use of armored horsemen as the principal military force, initiating the development of knighthood
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