At 4:51 PM -0600 11/8/07, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:
Of course, it should be remembered too, that with Hildegard's music, both modern notation AND square notation are anachronisitic, as when she was writing, neither notation system had yet been systematized.
You're suggesting that Guido's notation, developed in the first third of the 11th century, was unknown in the Germanic Kingdoms in the middle of the 12th? Possible, of course, but I know of no real reason to believe so. The fact is that Hildegard's music WAS notated, probably by the monks who ran the convent and in ranges suitable for men's voices, and as notated fits the extended range of female voices absolutely perfectly. The lady knew what she was doing!
I'm not sure I've actually seen the notation which preserved the 70-some pieces we have from Hildegard, so I assumed it was Guidonian. Has anyone?
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