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In this programme Simon Russell Beale charts the early development of Christian church music from plain song to gothic polyphony. Working with the choir in the Gothic Basilica of St Denis Simon rev...eals how a polyphony was created when Léonin, master of the Notre Dame School, remodelled plainsong to produce 'Organum Duplum '. Together with conductor Harry Christophers they explore one of the key texts 'Viderunt Omnes'.
In this programme Simon Russell Beale charts the early development of Christian church music from plain song to gothic polyphony. Working with the choir in the Gothic Basilica of St Denis Simon rev...eals how a polyphony was created when Léonin, master of the Notre Dame School, remodelled plainsong to produce 'Organum Duplum '. Together with conductor Harry Christophers they explore one of the key texts 'Viderunt Omnes'.
| Series: | Sacred music |
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| First transmission date: | 21-03-2008 |
| Published: | 2008 |
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| Duration: | 00:58:43 |
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| Director: | Andy King-Dabbs |
| Producer: | Andy King-Dabbs |
| Screenwriter: | Simon Russell Beale |
| Contributors: | Jonathan Arnold; Simon Russell Beale; Nick Blishen; Harry Christophers; Helen Deaning; Helen Deeming; Mark Dobell; Eamon Dugan; Mark Everist; Christian Heizmann; Andrew Hussey; Sixteen Singers; George Wanklyn |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://open2.net/sacredmusic/ |
| Keyword(s): | Gothic architecture; Great Book; Magnus Liber; Monochord |
| Subject terms: | Church music--France; Notre-Dame de Paris (Cathedral); Pythagoras |
| Production number: | LMCA016N |
| Videofinder number: | 7764 |
| Available to public: | no |
