Perotinus/Sederunt principes + Notre Dame de Paris

Views of Notre Dame de Paris accompanied by Perotin's 4-part organum "Sederunt principes," believed to have been composed for performance in that (half finished) cathedral on the feast of St Stephen in 1199. There are excellent older recordings by Alfred Deller and the Deller Consort (Harmonia Mundi France), by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London (EMI), and by Paul Hillier and the Hilliard Ensemble (ECM). But the most beautiful performance and recording is by Anthony Pitts and Tonus Peregrinus (Naxos).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Classical
• Perotinus
• Perotin
• Sederunt principes
• Cathedral
• Notre Dame de Paris
• 1199

[maggygreen98]

I love this music, and I also adore this arhitecture..

Does any goth listen to this..? I'm goth. :(

[vinteui1]

@maggygreen98: if you love this music, then you're too good to be one of those silly "goths."

There are other worlds, out there, which you may not have fully appreciated, yet.

[maggygreen98]

@vinteui1 thank you. :)

[vinteui1]

@maggygreen98

sorry - what I said before was pretty rude, wasn't it? I get in these moods, you see...anyway, glad you liked the video. I wonder what you'd think of the one I did for Scriabin's *Vers la flamme*...

[JavierB1988]

Thumb me down if you all must, but wasn't this mediaeval era a men only choir? Why the singing ladies?

[vinteui1]

Why? For the same reason that the roles of Ophelia, Desdemona, Juliet, etc. are today generally played by women. For the same reason that Glenn Gould played the Goldberg Variations on a modern piano. And so on.

Because it works.

[nicodagger]

Can you imagie a family of Paris in this time period going to Church, coming home, a friend asks "well how was church"? and they tell that it's only half-finished, but there was some nice music! How amazing to attend services in such a magnificent cathedral and hear such music written for the glory of G-d! I wonder if anyone thought this music would still be around more than 800 years later! I wonder what will be listened to from today in 800 years...Queen? Public Enemy? Beatles? Frank Sinatra?

[XSE256]

@JavierB1988 This type of music is called "Polyphonic". While many were sacred, and Perotin a composer in the School of Notre Dame, this was not the conventional Gregorian chant that featured all male choirs and singular notes without meter or rhythm. Polyphonic music was the first "modern" music to feature multiple voices, a primitive melody, meter, and female vocalists on occasion.

Polyphonic started during the reformation, so some was indeed sung by women.

[maggygreen98]

@vinteui1 it's okay. I didn't get your comment as an insult. I think it would be nice to hear it. but do you have it- can you give me the link..? :\

[EmceeKizzle]

Reminds me of kingdom hearts <3

[Nitrotigerz]

Thumbs up if Varien sent you here

[crisandlove]

@JavierB1988

Es claramente una versión que en este caso la hacen mujeres