Gothic chant - École de Notre-Dame: Benedicamus Domino

Gothic chant of the early Organum Era. (School of Notre-Dame)
Title: "Benedicamus Domino" for Two Voices
Service: Mass for the Nativity of the Virgin.
Composer: Leoninus
Performers: Ensemble Organum, Director: Marcel Peres
Album: "École De Notre-Dame (XIIIe siecle): Messe De La Nativité de la Vierge"
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Notable is the richly eastern fragrance introduced by Master Lycourgos Angelopoulos.

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[LeMousqueteerBleu]

This is an Orthodox chant! Please explain ! how can this be?? ; )

[Callixtinus]

@LeMousqueteerBleu : It is not. The reason why many people get confused about this piece is that the primary chanter is a master of Byzantine Chant and thus he adds melismatic flavour to it (which is characteristic in easter liturgical music). The style, tonality etc are western though.

[dragonheart8706]

Callixtinus: did you get this from an audio CD? Do you know where I might be able to find this for purchase?

[Callixtinus]

@dragonheart8706 :

Messe de la Nativite de la Vierge - Ecole Notre-Dame / by Ensemble Organum

[calledartist]

the part from 00:00 to 00:25 makes wanna run around naked in the forest

[MegaKrishan123]

@kedgwell Thanks for correcting me :) I just edited my comment.

*It should read "more Eastern than what Western ears are used to".

[kedgwell]

@MegaKrishan123 You mean "than what Western ears are used to, right" : )

[JwahAmore31]

@acerb45666555 That's correct! Way to go, mate! Your history lesson NEEDED to be stated, here! This chant is pure GENIUS and I love it as GOD's music! Again, thank you for sheding real wisdom reg. this EPIC piece and time in Western/Eastern history! Selah, my friend!

Cheers, love!

- J

[RollinOnVWGTI]

@LeMousqueteerBleu its catholic, but man... orthodox and catholic chants are almost exact, i dont belive they should be owned by a religion, both orthodox and catholic chants are gods music and i leave it at that.

[acerb45666555]

@gjlander100 ..ps: ignore first comment. my mistake.........Goths hit Rome in 410. Western Roman district was likely fully Catholic by then. VisiGoth villages had to become only Catholic, as well including as some of the remaining followers of the Arian,(Arius), Philosophy.

[acerb45666555]

@gjlander100 ........Goths were Orthodox once before the schism deal split the church. So this chant is probably from that period just before the schism when Orthodox types were around !

[gjlander100]

This seems to me less Gothic than Eastern Orthodox... If the cantor is Eastern Orthodox, perhaps he might stick to his knitting., I am a scholar of early music.

[mmbmbmbmb]

Little do I know ;o)

But I would have associated this with Arabic Origin

I love it ~ wherever it originates from. Thanks!