Monastic Centres in the Early Middle Ages
Chapter 2 explores the music produced in monastic institutions of ninth- to eleventh-century Europe. Describing context Carolingian Empire, and renaissance learning, literacy, writing that it brought about, we look at some earliest examples musical notation from this vast region We examine Latin songs, or versus, monasteries, charting their wide range themes possible functions life. Our evidence polyphonic singing church comes theory texts dating ninth century onwards: consider what these can tell us about improvised practice organum (or parallel organum) singing, provide a practical exercise for readers try improvising themselves. Further tenth eleventh centuries document changing approaches over period, finally how related actual practice, by looking first surviving polyphony medieval
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