9-13 Reading

pp. 10-13 - entries on Rhythm, Beat, Measure/Bar, review entry on Meter (focusing specifically on Duple Meter, Triple Meter, Quadruple Meter, Compound Meter), and Texture (focusing specifically on Homophony, Polyphony)

pp. 39-44 - all (Attending Concerts)

pp. 56-58 - entry on Organa

p. 68 - entry on Pérotin

Organa

• Polyphonic
• Take a pre-existing chant and add a new line to it
• Two lines of melody singing the same syllables at the same time
• A two part organum is called organum duplum
• It evolved to be more complex over time
• A Capella - rarely with a drone
• Mostly composed in the middle ages

Pérotin

• 1160-1215
• France
• Sacred genre
• Best known for organa