Timeline of Harmony: 1000 Years of Harmony
Sacred Music: Chant
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800 A.D.
Gregorian Chant "Magnificat anima mea Dominus"-Religious -Raise voice -Represents a part of the Mass 1100 A.D.
Modified Parallel Organum - Alleluia Justus Ut Palma -Still only two lines of melody, but stating to move somewhat independently of each other -see if you can follow along with the two contours - notice where they separate? 1100 A.D.
Free Organum - 1200 A.D.
Organum Triplum Secular Music1300 A.D.
Le Jeu De Robin et Marian - Adam De La Halle -Start to hear deviation from chant style, to more song-like - Think of a guitar, or lute, replacing 2 out of 3 of the voices Phillip De Vitry
-Vitry composed both secular and Sacred works -Still hear chant like qualities, but much more movement, much more rhythm -we can hear the strategic use of harmony 1592 A.D.
William Byrd - Mass for 4 Voices - Start to hear modern Harmony -Composers use harmony deliberately, on purpose, rather than multiple lines of melody interacting randomly |
850 A.D.
Parallel Organum - "Deum Verum" - Stephen of Liege -Organum: Multiple voice singing simultaneously -TWO SEPERATE Melody lines -Move in same line/direction/shape/contour 1100 A.D.
Drone - Hildegard con Bingen - "Carita Abundat in Omnia" (Loving Tenderness Abounds") -Extension of Modified Organum, now one line is completely independent of the other (independence is significant) 1200 A.D.
Organum Triplum - Perotin -Now we have Three independent lines happening simultaneously -Third voice is significant, because we now have use of a CHORD 1350 A.D.
Chanson - Phillipe de vitry -start to hear some deviation from the chant style - Instrumentation still sounds barren to us - not really enough to keep us fully engaged 1450 A.D.
Johannes Ockeghem - Missa Prolationum (Sacred) -Still chant-like -More recognizable harmony |