tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post1810888028344991389..comments2024-01-20T23:55:26.269-08:00Comments on The Detritus Review: Composer of the Day!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-78477682587279018912008-02-07T19:59:00.000-08:002008-02-07T19:59:00.000-08:00I have a recording of that by Anonymous 4. I do n...I have a recording of that by Anonymous 4. I do not think it's polyphonic. It's still awesome, though. <BR/><BR/>She did stuff nobody else was doing, and (IIRC) basically nobody followed her lead. Kind of a dead end, historically speaking, but really pretty.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371363571092946834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-72988080572664470922008-02-07T10:27:00.000-08:002008-02-07T10:27:00.000-08:00Yes, I was almost sorry I wrote that. Actually, t...Yes, I was almost sorry I wrote that. Actually, there is some debate over whether she wrote any multivoiced music; her proto-opera about St. Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins (or something like that) may have contained polyphony. If I recall correctly, we aren't sure.Sator Arepohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006808744513156317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-29972439553359691592008-02-07T09:28:00.000-08:002008-02-07T09:28:00.000-08:00Sorry to be a spoil-sport. But one thing that migh...Sorry to be a spoil-sport. But one thing that might cast a little shadow on her special forward-looking-ness is the fact that there were multiple mediums going on at the time, not just plainchant. Check out Leonin's polyphonic organum, fl. ca. 1150. He was probably French.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-23510341219975024512008-02-07T05:17:00.000-08:002008-02-07T05:17:00.000-08:00The third in the series I've heard of, and the fir...The third in the series I've heard of, and the first whose music I own. Good, crazy stuff.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371363571092946834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3371351138596055444.post-20239079178203340532008-02-07T00:59:00.000-08:002008-02-07T00:59:00.000-08:00Sexy mommy.Sexy mommy.Empiricushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11629835829400843701noreply@blogger.com