Early cistercian polyphony: a newly-discovered source
This paper presents a two-voice hymn to St. Bernard, found by the author in the Arouca Monastery. This hitherto unpublished hymn, which can be dated around 1225, is the most ancient polyphonic work found so far in Portugal, and one of the oldest examples of polyphony copied in Cistercian manuscripts...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/4416 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/4416 |