Hello Alexander
Le 28-Nov-98, Alexander Lingas a écrit:
> Re: Drones
> Finally, I
> should note that probably the first reference to isokratema is in a
> medieval Western treatise: the Summa Musice, which refers to it as
"organum
> basilica" (pace Professor Sandon, here is the justification for the
> Burgundian Cadence's use of drones in Western chant).
In the «Summa Musice» I read:
«[Diaphonia] (and not "organum") basilica est canendi duobus modis melodia
ita quod unus teneat continue notam unam que est quasi basis cantus
alterius concinentis; alter vero socius cantum incipit vel in diapente vel
in diapason, quandoque ascendens, quandoque descendens, ita quod in pausa
concordet aliquo modo cum eo qui basim observat».
That means no way singing gregorian chant with a drone. One singer holds a
note, the other sings a FREE melody (that's clear from the text), trying to
concord with the held tone in the cadences. That is more like the
aquitanian organum and has nothing to do with "western chant", neither with
drones.
BTW, medieval western treatise means nothing (almost 1000 years). The
treatise is probably from the XIIIth century. Then, the question is: is it
possible that a sort of aquitanian polyphony survives so late? I think yes.
Apart from this treatise I don't know any evidence. But there is evidence
for analogous survivals: parallel fourths in the XVth century Italy,
medieval discant in 1648 Belgium...
Meilleures salutations
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