A composite volume containing various treatises and a life of Bishop Maternien of Reims. On the verso of the last folio is a two-voice organum written in north-western Germany. This is the earliest written source of polyphonic music outside musical treatises. The organum is on an antiphon for St Boniface: Sancte Bonifati martyr. A second notated antiphon's melody, Rex caelestium terrestrium, is based on the melody of the sequence Rex caeli Domine, one of the examples of two-voice organum in the Musica enchiriadis, and a second 'hidden' organum may thus be reconstructed.
GB-Lbl Harley 3019
British Library, London, England
non-music MS with added polyphony: early 10th century
| Archive | British Library, London, England (GB-Lbl) |
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| Shelfmark | Harley 3019 |
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| Contents | Contains 2 compositions, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
Paleofrankish neumatic notation. The Organa are in 'cithara' notation (the notation is similar to that found in Musica enchiriadis and Scolica enchiriadis)
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‡ denotes primary source study
Varelli, Giovanni. 2013. Two Newly-Discovered Tenth-Century Organa. Early Music History, 32: .
Varelli, Giovanni. 2012. Rhythm, Pitch and Text Setting in Palaeofrankish Notation: The Case of London, British Library, Harley MS 3019. Cantus Planus: Papers Read at the 16th Meeting of the IMS Study Group, Vienna, Austria, Aug. 21 - 27 2011, edited by Giovanni Varelli, 409-414. Vienna: Schneider Tutzing.
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Giovanni Varelli, 2013
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Notation Note; DIAMM Note