Timeline of Early Harmony Harmony: 800 -1200
Remember while watching these videos :
- Think about all the music we have available to use today , all the styles from around the world, almost unlimited artist / songs / albums
- It took a LONG TIME for us to learn enough about music to be able to do that !! We havent always known music as a craft like do know
Intro Video :
Sacred Music: Chant
Year 800 A.D. : Liturgy of Saint Anthony
Gregorian Chant
- Imagine the single squigly line is our single line of chant
- Just one single melody line , moving up and down in range.
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Year 850 AD - "Deum Verum" - Stephen of Liege
Parallel Organum - "Deum Verum" - Stephen of Liege
- Listen from the beginning for a few minutes.
- Hear how the melody splits from One part to 2 at about 0:50 ?
- MULTIPLE PITCHES AT THE SAME TIME = HARMONY
- At this point, this is all the harmony we had... Notice its not extremely creative, how the 2 voices are moving in a similar / parallel motion
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1100 A.D. :Modified Parallel Organum - Alleluia Justus Ut Palma
- Still only two lines of melody, but starting to move somewhat independently of each other
- Try to imagine the 2 lines of notes moving up and down are like the melody lines in the diagram
- This is Called Organum - the first time we have 2 independent lines aka Harmony
1100 A.D. - Drone - Hildegard con Bingen - "Carita Abundat in Omnia" (Loving Tenderness Abounds")
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)
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
- Because of the 3 indipendent voices, this is called Oganum Triplum
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1200 A.D. - Organum Triplum
DISREGARD THE SECULAR PORTION
Secular Music
1300 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
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
-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
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
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
Johannes Ockeghem - Missa Prolationum (Sacred)
-Still chant-like
-More recognizable 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
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