Medieval monodies and polyphonies : Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) and Las Huelgas’s manuscript (XII century)
PURPOSE
- Invitation to move in the footsteps of a yesteryear music with a today’s perspective.
- Learning of Hildegard von Bingen’s monodies (1098-1179) and Las Huelgas’s manuscript (XII century) in all their textuals and melodics diversities.
- Learning polyphonies from Las Huelgas’s manuscript.
- Initiations to the « neumes » and other musical writings from the Middle Ages.
- Initiation to the Pythagorean temperament.
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REPERTOIRE
- A legendary visionary, Hildegard von Bingen is one of the few women in the history of music who has left so many writings on a wide variety of subjects. The monodies, in Latin, of this extraordinary abbess are poetic songs inspired by her solitary visions and true hymns to life, love, fertility and to woman. They inform us about the tradition of scholarly singing and show us the richness of a liturgical vocal practice commonly associated with male voices.
- The Las Huelgas monastery in Burgos, Spain, was and still is a women’s monastery. The manuscript known as ‘de Las Huelgas’ contains monodies and polyphonies mostly in the School of Notre Dame’s style. While many of the songs are found in other sources, some are unique pieces.
GENERAL CONTENT
- Body preparation of the singer and voice
- Oral transmission: learning by listening and imitation (without scores)
- Work on listening and harmonic accuracy, search for timbres
- Work on breath dynamic, sustained sounds and melisma
- Text interpretation search (e.g. spoken/sung)
- Initiation to the medieval writings
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
Teenagers and adults, women and men, of any level, no prior knowledge required.
This course will adapt to everyone’s abilities and is aimed at beginners as well as experienced singers. The teaching method lends itself to mixing levels in a single group while maintaining an individualized approach.