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111Chant — For other uses, see Chant (disambiguation). Chant (from French chanter[1]) is the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a… …
112High Middle Ages — The High Middle Ages was the period of European history in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries (AD 1000 ndash;1299). The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around… …
113Ars antiqua — also called ars veterum or ars vetus, refers to the music of Europe of the late Middle Ages between approximately 1170 and 1310, covering the period of the Notre Dame school of polyphony and the subsequent years which saw the early development o …
114Ars subtilior — A chanson about love, Belle, bonne, sage, by Baude Cordier, is in a heart shape, with red notes indicating rhythmic alterations. Ars subtilior (more subtle art) is a musical style characterized by rhythmic and notational complexity, centered… …
115Notre Dame school — This article is about the group of composers. For other uses, see Notre Dame High School (disambiguation). The group of composers working at or near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris from about 1160 to 1250, along with the music they produced, is …
116Neume — Punctum redirects here. For the genus of land snails, see Punctum (gastropod). A sample of the Kýrie Eléison (Orbis Factor) from the Liber Usualis. Listen to it interpreted. A neume (pronounced /ˈnjuːm/; spelled neum in, for instance, the… …
117Feast of Fools — The Feast of Fools, known also as the festum fatuorum , festum stultorum , festum hypodiaconorum , or fête des fous , are the varying names given to popular medieval festivals regularly celebrated by the clergy and laity from the fifth century… …
118Franco of Cologne — (fl. mid 13th century) was a German music theorist and possibly composer. He was one of the most influential theorists of the late Medieval era, and was the first to propose an idea which was to transform music notation permanently: that the… …
119Rhythmic mode — Pérotin, Alleluia nativitatis , in the third rhythmic mode. In medieval music, the rhythmic modes were set patterns of long and short durations (or rhythms). The value of each note is not determined by the form of the written note (as is the case …
120Consecutive fifths — Hidden [consecutive] fifths: to .[1] In music, consecutive fifths (sometimes known as parallel fifths) are progressions in which a …
