THE INTERPRETATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SPIRITUS DOMINI INTROIT

Authors

  • András VÁNYOLOS Babeş–Bolyai University, Faculty of Reformed Theology, Musical Pedagogy Departement, RO–400174 Cluj-Napoca. E-mail: csillagorsolya@yahoo.com

Keywords:

Gregorian chant, Introit, Antiphon, pes subbipunctis, Metz notation, Doxology, Mass, interpretation, recording

Abstract

In the glorious days of the Gregorian chant, the melodies were performed by heart; therefore, those who interpreted them had to master a great number of titles, which could suffer small variations at any time. Consequently, the necessity of recording these piece was imminent, a process which was - for the first time in music history - distinctive for every single monastery. This recording method was mainly in reference to the interpretation of such works; the neume recording the gesture of that particular conductor, augmented by certain additional signs. This is a testament of an extremely finely nuanced interpretation, a process that we have chosen to illustrate for you with the help of the Spiritus Domini Introit.

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STUDIA UBB MUSICA, Volume 54 (LIV), No. 1, June 2009

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2009-06-30

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VÁNYOLOS, A. (2009). THE INTERPRETATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE SPIRITUS DOMINI INTROIT. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 54(1), 89–98. Retrieved from https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/9032

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Volume 54, No. 1, June 2009

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