“Ad te levavi animam meam …”. Initial reaching up towards the heavens in a 12th century Gradual used by the Prémontré order (Switzerland, Abbey of Bellelay, 1160–1170). #Music #MusicHistory #MusicHistoryMonday #MedievalManuscripts #MedievalManuscript
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We use the term ‘gamut’ to denote the range or scope of a thing, but the word’s original senses were musical: “the lowest note” and/or “the scale of notes … recognized in medieval #music” (Oxford English Dictionary).
📜: 13th century solmisation (or solfaing) table explaining the gamut. #MusicHistory #MusicHistoryMonday #MedievalManuscripts
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