Organum
A foundational medieval polyphonic style that begins with chant and then quietly, elegantly lifts it into a second voice. Organum is less a single sound than a musical idea that changed over time, from simple medieval parallelism to the grand Notre Dame works of Léonin and Pérotin.
History
A foundational medieval polyphonic style that begins with chant and then quietly, elegantly lifts it into a second voice. Organum is less a single sound than a musical idea that changed over time, from simple medieval parallelism to the grand Notre Dame works of Léonin and Pérotin.