To claim that chant is elevating poetry to art assumes a couple of superimpositions: first, that the Romantic ideal of art was in existence in the ninth century, when the concept of elevation wouldn't develop until well into the 13th century; and second, that the text was considered poetry, when the funtion of poetry at the time was to relay history to a largely illiterate people. This music is an history of the victors of its time. "L'Homme Armé" was a conscription song, not a pop tune.
To claim that chant is elevating poetry to art assumes a couple of superimpositions: first, that the Romantic ideal of art was in existence in the ninth century, when the concept of elevation wouldn't develop until well into the 13th century; and second, that the text was considered poetry, when the funtion of poetry at the time was to relay history to a largely illiterate people. This music is an history of the victors of its time. "L'Homme Armé" was a conscription song, not a pop tune.
jabornfield 9 months ago