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24th April 2024: With the medieval ‘interval song’ Diapente et diatessaron (‘the fifth and the fourth’) as inspiration, this session looked at manuscripts that give us clues about how medieval music-makers learnt (and understood) their craft. If you’re wondering what an ‘interval song’ is, then look no further than this brilliant one, by Django Bates – it’s a song that helps music learners get used to identifying the different leaps and steps between tones.
Catch-up video
Enjoy this video of the Zoom session, but scroll down to watch the video performance at the end (feat. Hanna Marti) with better quality audio…
An interpretation of the song, as notated in the Graduale Nivernensis
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A two-part harmony arrangement
Here’s the two-part arrangement with Hanna Marti (gorgeous video filmed and edited by Mark Harmer), which appears at the end of the Song Hunt. The Zoom audio from the catch-up video is a bit dodgy, so watch this for a better sound.
Further listening
An album of music from the ‘Cambridge Songs’ manuscript:
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