MUSIC 100
MUSIC OF THE MIDDLE AGES
Professor Norman E. Smith
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Assignment No. 1: The Office
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Assignment No. 2: The Mass
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Assignment No. 3: Tropes, Sequences, and Liturgical Drama
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Assignment No. 4: Early Polyphony
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Assignment No. 5: Notre Dame Organum and Conductus
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Assignment No. 6: Secular Monophonic Song
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Assignment No. 7: The 13th-Century Motet
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Assignment No. 8: The Ars Nova in France
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Assignment No. 9: Guillaume de Machaut
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Assignment No. 10: The Italian Ars Nova
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Assignment No. 11: The Late Fourteenth Century
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Assignment No. 12: English Medieval Music
Latin Motet: O Maria virgo / O Maria maris
stella / Veritatem
Listening Assignment No. 1: The Office
(1)
Antiphon Erat autem and Psalm 111 Beatus vir
(2)
Antiphon Tecum principium and Psalm 109 Dixit
Dominus
(3)
Antiphon Surrexit Dominus and Psalm 94 Venite
exsultemus
(4)
Antiphon Hodie complete sunt and Canticle Magnificat
(5)
Antiphon Lumen ad revelationem and Canticle Nunc
dimittis
(6)
Antiphon Alma redemptoris mater
(7)
Responsory O magnum mysterium
(8)
Responsory Ecce vidimus
(9)
Responsory Quem vidistis
(10)
Responsory Hodie nobis caelorum
(11)
Responsory Libera me
(12)
Hymn Aeterne rerum conditor
(13)
Hymn Ave maris stella (simple form)
(14)
Hymn Ave maris stella (solemn form)
(15)
Refrain Crux fidelis and Hymn Pange lingua
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Assignment No. 2: The Mass
(1) Third Mass of Christmas: (01) Introit Puer
natus est
(1-02) Kyrie altissime
(1-03) Gloria II
(1-04) Collect Concede quaesumus
(1-05) Epistle Multifariam
(1-06) Gradual Viderunt omnes
(1-07) Alleluia Dies sanctificatus
(1-08) Gospel In principio
(1-09) Credo I
(1-10) Offertory Tui sunt caeli
(1-11) Secret Oblata Domine
(1-12) Preface Quia per incarnati
(1-13) Sanctus III
(1-14) Doxology Per quem haec
(1-15) Pater noster
(1-16) Agnus Dei III
(1-17) Communion Viderunt omnes
(1-18) Postcommunion Praesta quaesumus
(1-19) Ite missa est
(2) Tract De profundis
(3) Tract Qui confidunt
(4) Gradual Omnes de Saba
(5) Gradual Propter veritatem
(6) Alleluia Vidimus stellam
(7) Alleluia Pascha nostrum (two
versions)
(8) Offertory Tui sunt caeli
Listening Assignment No. 3: Tropes,
Sequences, and Liturgical Drama
(1)
Kyrie Trope: Omnipotens genitor (Tuotilo)
(2)
Trope Eya Syon of the Introit Ecce advenit
(3)
Benedicamus Domino Trope: Johannes postquam
(4)
Alleluia and Sequentia with Partial Text: Suscipe laus
angelorum
(5)
Sequence: Christus hunc diem (Notker)
(6) Sequence: Rex
caeli
(7)
Sequence: Victimae paschali (Wipo of Burgundy)
(8) Sequence: O
Euchari (Hildegard of Bingen)
(9)
Sequence: Solemne canticum
(10)
Sequence: Jubilemus salvatori (Adam of St. Victor)
(11) Sequence:
Dies irae (Thomas of Celano)
(12) Liturgical
Drama: The Play of Herod
Listening Assignment No. 4: Early
Polyphony
(1) Parallel
Organum from the Musica Enchiriadis and the Scholica
Enchiriadis
(2)
Modified Parallel Organum from the Musica Enchiriadis
(3) Alleluia
Te martyrum (Winchester, 11th century)
(4)
Kyrie Trope: Cunctipotens genitor (11th century)
(5)
Benedicamus Domino Trope: Regi regum glorioso (11th
century)
(6)
Alleluia Justus ut palma (11th century)
(7)
Benedicamus Domino (St. Martial)
(8)
Sequence: Lauda jocunda (St. Martial)
(9) Versus:
De monte lapis (St. Martial)
(10)
Troped Benedicamus Domino: Stirps Jesse florigeram (St.
Martial)
(11)
Kyrie Trope: Cunctipotens genitor (Santiago de
Compostela)
(12)
Alleluia Vocavit Jesus (Santiago de Compostela)
(13)
Kyrie Trope: Rex immense (Santiago de Compostela)
(14)
Versus: Nostra phalans (Santiago de Compostela)
(15)
Conductus: Annua gaudia (Santiago de Compostela
(16a)
Benedicamus Domino Trope: Congaudeant catholici
(Santiago de Compostela)
(16b)
Second performance of Congaudeant catholici
(16c)
Third performance of Congaudeant catholici
(16d)
Fourth performance of Congaudeant catholici
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Assignment No. 5: Notre Dame Organum and Conductus
(1a) Leonin, Organum duplum: Viderunt omnes
(1b) Second performance of Leonin's Viderunt
omnes
(2) Perotin, Organum triplum: Alleluia Pascha
nostrum
(3) Perotin, Organum quadruplum: Viderunt
omnes
(4) Perotin, Organum quadruplum: Sederunt(Respond
only)
(5) Conductus a 2: Pange melos lacrimosum
(6) Conductus a 2: Roma gaudens
(7) Conductus a 3: Ave virgo virginum
(8) Conductus a 3: Novus miles sequitur
(9) Conductus a 3: Crucifigat omnes
(10) Conductus a 3: Procurans odium
(11) Conductus a 3: Premii dilatio
(12) Conductus a 4: Vetus abit littera
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Assignment No. 6: Secular Monophonic Song
(1) Planctus cygni
(2) O admirabile Veneris idolum (The
Cambridge Songs)
(3) Olim sudoris Herculis (Carmina
Burana)
(4) Bernart de Ventadorn: Can vei la lauzeta
mover (Canso)
(5) Guiraut de Borneill: Reis glorios
(Alba)
(6) Raimbaut de Vaqueiras: Kalenda maya
(Estampida)
(7) Anonymous, A l'entrada del tens clar
(Balada)
(8) Guillaume li Viniers: Espris d'ire et
d'amour (Lai)
(9) Gace Brule: Cil qui d'amor me conseille
(10) Guillaume d'Amiens: Vos n'aler mie
(Rondeau)
(11) Anonymous: E dame jolie (Virelai)
(12) Richard Coeur-de-Lion: Ja nus hons pris
(Ballade)
(13) Adam de la Hale: Le Jeu de Robin et
Marion
(14) Walther von der Vogelweide: Allererst
lebe ich mir werde
(15) Pseudo-Neidhart von Reuenthal: Maienzit
(16) Heinrich von Meissen (Frauenlob): Ey ich
sach in dem trone (Leich)
(17) Anonymous: Santo Lorenzo martyr d'amore
(18) Anonymous: Ogne homo ad alta voce
(19) Anonymous: Santa Maria amor
(Cantiga 7)
(20) Anonymous: Byrd one brere
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Assignment No. 7: The 13th-Century Motet and 13th- and
14th-Century Instrumental Music
(1a) Discant Clausula: (Immo)Latus est
(for Alleluia Pascha nostrum)
(1b) 2-voice Latin Motet: Immolata paschali
victima - (Immo)Latus est
(2) 3-voice Troped Organum: Beatis nos adhibe
- Benedicamus Domino
(3a) 2-voice Latin Motet: Ad solitum vomitum
- Regnat
(3b) 3-voice Latin Motet: Ad solitum vomitum-
Regnat
(3c) 3-voice Latin Motet: Depositum - Ad
solitum vomitum - Regnat
(4) 3-voice Latin Motet: Hypocrite
pseudopontifices - Velut stelle - Et gaudebit
(5a) 3-voice Latin Motet: Studentes coniugio
- De se debent bigami - Kyrie
(5b) 3-voice French-Latin Motet: El mois de
mai - De se debent - Kyrie
(6) 2-voice French Motet: Quant je parti de
m'amie - Tuo
(7) 3-voice French Motet: Pucelete bele - Je
languis - Domino
(8) 3-voice French Motet: Flor de lis - Je ne
puis - Douce dame
(9) 3-voice French Motet: On parole - A Paris
- Frese nouvele
(10) 3-voice French Motet: Mout me fu grief -
Robins m'aime - Portare
(11) 3-voice French Motet: S'on me regarde -
Prennes i garde - He mi enfant
(12) Pierre de la Croix: 3-voice French Motet: Aucun
ont trouve - Lonc tans - Annuntiantes
(13) Adam de la Hale, Rondeau: Je muir
(14a) 3-voice Instrumental Hocket: In seculum
longum
(14b) 4-voice French Motet: Ja n'amerai - In
seculum longum
(14c) 3-voice French Motet: Ja n'amerai- Sire
Dieux - In seculum
(15) Estampie [French] (Estampie Royal
No. 4)
(16) Estampie [English] (Oxford, Bodley Douce
139)
(17) Estampie [English] (London, British Library
Harleiana 987)
(18) Estampie for Keyboard [English]
(Robertsbridge Codex)
(19) Trotto [Italian] (London, British Library
Add. 29987, #10)
(20) Saltarello [Italian] (Same, #15)
(21) Istanpita Ghaetta [Italian] (Same, #1)
(22a) Lamento di Tristan [Italian]
(Same, #13)
(22b) Second performance of Lamento di
Tristan
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Assignment No. 8: The Ars Nova in France
(1)
Motet: La mesnie fauveline - J'ai fait nouveletement amie -
Grant despit
(2)
Motet: Je voi douleur - Fauvel nous a fait present - Fauvel:
Autant
(3)
Philippe de Vitry, Motet: Garrit Gallus - In nova fert -
Neuma
(4)
Philippe de Vitry, Motet: Firmissime - Adesto sancta trinitas
- Alleluia
(5)
Philippe de Vitry, Motet: Tuba sacre fidei - In arboris -
Virgo sum
(6)
Motet: Clap clap par un matin - Sus Robin - Tenor
(7)
Bernard de Cluny, Motet: Pantheon abluitur - Apollinis -
Quadruplum - Tenor In omnem terram - Zodiacum
(8) Chace: Se
je chant
(9) Caca: O
virgo splendens
(10a)
Mass of Tournai, Kyrie
(10b)
Mass of Tournai, Gloria
(10c)
Mass of Tournai, Credo
(10d)
Mass of Tournai, Sanctus
(10e)
Mass of Tournai, Agnus Dei
(10f)
Mass of Tournai, Ite Missa Est
(11a)
Mass of Barcelona, Gloria
(11b)
Mass of Barcelona, Sanctus
(12) Agnus Dei
(13)
Hymn: Jesu nostra redemptio
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Assignment No. 9: Guillaume de Machaut
(1a) La Messe de Nostre Dame, Gloria
(1b) La Messe de Nostre Dame, Sanctus
(2) Motet 8: Qui es promesses - Ha! Fortune -
Et non est qui adjuvet
(3) Motet 23: Felix virgo - Inviolata
genitrix - Contratenor - Tenor Ad te
(4) Complainte: Tels rit
(5) Lai 1: Loyaute que point de lay
(6) Lai 11: Le lay de la fonteinne
(7) Rondeau 5: Quant j'ay l'espart
(8) Rondeau 10: Rose, liz, printemps, verdure
(9) Rondeau 14: Ma fin est mon commencement
(10a) Virelai 4: Douce dame jolie
(10b) Second performance of Douce dame jolie
(11) Virelai 30: Se je souspir parfondement
(12) Ballade 28: Je puis trop bien
(13) Ballade 26: Donnez signeurs
(14) Ballade 38: Phyton le mervilleus serpent
(15) Ballade 4: Biaute qui toutes
(16) Ballade 31: De toutes flours
(17) Keyboard arrangement of De toutes flours
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Assignment No. 10: The Italian Ars Nova
(1) Giovanni da Firenze, Madrigal: Apress' un
fiume chiaro
(2) Maestro Piero, Caccia: Con dolce brama
(3) Jacopo da Bologna, Madrigal: Non al suo
amante
(4) Jacopo da Bologna, Madrigal: Fenice fu'
(5) Anonymous, Ballata: Io son un pellegrin
(6) Gherardello da Firenze, Caccia: Tosto che
l'alba
(7) Lorenzo da Firenze, Madrigal: Da da a chi
avaregia
(8) Lorenzo da Firenze: Sanctus
(9) Donato da Firenze, Madrigal: I' fu' gia
usignolo
(10) Andrea da Firenze, Ballata: Non piu
doglie ebbe Dido
(11) Francesco Landini, Ballata: Ecco la
primavera
(12) Francesco Landini, Ballata: Giunta vaga
bilta
(13) Francesco Landini, Ballata: Questa
fanciull'
(14) Francesco Landini, Ballata: Gram piant'
a gli ochi
(15) Francesco Landini, Ballata: Nessun ponga
speranca
(16) Francesco Landini, Caccia: Chosi pensoso
(17) Francesco Landini, Canonic Madrigal: De
dinmi tu
(18) Francesco Landini, Madrigal: Musica son
- Gia furon - Ciascun vuoli
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Assignment No. 11: The Late Fourteenth Century
(1) F. Andrieu, Ballade: Armes, amours
(2) Jean Vaillant, Virelai: Par maintes foys
(3) Grimace, Virelai: A l'arme, a l'arme
(4) Solage, Rondeau: Fumeux fume
(5) Jacob Senleches, Ballade: En attendant
esperance
(6) Anthonello da Caserta, Ballade: Amour m'a
le cuer mis
(7) Matteo da Perugia, Ballade: Le greygnour
bien
(8) Baude Cordier, Rondeau: Amans ames
(9) Johannes Ciconia, Virelai: Sus une
fontayne
(10) Johannes Ciconia, Madrigal: Una
panthera
(11)
Johannes Ciconia, Ballata: O rosa bella
(12)
Johannes Ciconia, Motet: O Padua sidus praeclarum
(13)
Johannes Ciconia, Motet: Doctorum principem - Melodia
suavissima
(14)
Johannes Ciconia: Gloria
(15)
Johannes Ciconia: Credo
(16)
Johannes Ciconia Gloria
Listening Assignment No. 12: English Medieval Music
(1) Perspice Christicola / Sumer is icumen in (Rota) (ca.1240)
(2) Rosa fragrans (Rondellus) (13th century)
(3) Nobilis humilis ("Hymn to St. Magnus")
(4) Edi be thu hevene quene (Gymel) (ca.1270)
(5) In te Domine speravi (English discant)
(6) Gloria (Worcester, early 14th century)
(7) Alleluya Per te dei genitrix (Worcester)
(8) Beata viscera (Worcester)
(9) Fulget celestis curia (Worcester)
(10) Motet: Alle psallite cum luya (early 14th centurty)
(11) Motet: Thomas gemma cantuarie - Thomas cesus in doviria (14th century)
(12) Johannes Alanus, Motet: Sub Arcturo - Fons citharizantium - In omnem terram (late 14th century)
(13) Carol: Hail Mary full of grace (early 15th century)
(14) Carol: Deo gracias Anglia ("The Agincourt Carol")
(15) Kyrie (late 14th century)
(16) Leonel Power: Credo
(17) Leonel Power: Ave regina celorum
(18) Leonel Power: Anima mea liquefacta est
(19a) John Dunstable: O rosa bella
(19b) Organ arrangement of O rosa bella (Buxheim Organ Book)
(20) John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus
(21) John Dunstable: Ave maris stella
(22) John Dunstable: Regina celi letare
(23) John Dunstable: Beata mater
(24) John Dunstable: Quam pulcra es