Films for the Humanities and Sciences - The First Secular Music

The First Secular Music

This program proceeds from the early music of the Eastern churches to the establishment of music as part of the Christian liturgy; the influence of Pope Gregory and the first composers for the Church; Notre-Dame de Paris and other religious centers; Léonin, Pérotin, Guillaume de Machaut; the birth of secular song; Walther von der Vogelweide, Landini, Dunstable, and Dufay. Contents include excerpts from: Traditional Gregorian, Hebrew, and Greek chants; Léonin’s Rejoice, O Virgin Mary; Estampie from the Manuscript du Roi; Pérotin’s Viderunt Omnes; Tempus est iocundum from Carmina Burana; Walther von der Vogelweide, Palestinalied; Machaut, Il m’est avis, Quant je suis mis, Gloria from Notre-Dame Mass; Landini’s Questa Fanciulla Amor and L’Alma Mia Piange; Dunstable’s Veni Sancte Spiritu; and Dufay’s Ave Regina Coelorum. (60 minutes)

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Item#: BVL716
Copyright date: ©1982
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6331-4

Part of the Series : Music in Time


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