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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 10:04:45, 01-05-2007 »
This wasn't on the EMS, but this seems to be the best board to post this on?

A father and son team claim to have decoded a piece of medieval music "built into" a medieval chapel in Midlothian:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6605767.stm

If it's true, it would not be the only example of a direct relationship between medieval architecture and music (the famous motet for the dedication of Padua Cathedral being a well-known example), but I don't know of another where the music is actually written on the cathedral walls?
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« Reply #1 on: 11:47:19, 01-05-2007 »
Anywhere else and I might believe it. The fact that it's Rosslyn makes me suspicious of overzelous interpretation -- or worse.
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« Reply #2 on: 12:42:25, 01-05-2007 »
I haven't checked the date of building of the chapel, but were the authorities really so likely to condemn polyphony in the 15th c.? The news article raises more questions than it answers:
1) is the interpreted music polyphonic or melodic?
2) is the purported tune identifiable as something in sacred use at the time of construction?
3) what is the basis of the interpretation of the pattern as music?
4) what might be other implications of the pattern?
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« Reply #3 on: 16:02:12, 01-05-2007 »
Seems pretty dodgy to me...
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« Reply #4 on: 17:20:59, 01-05-2007 »
Surely it's the curse of the Da Vinci code at work again.
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« Reply #5 on: 18:17:48, 01-05-2007 »
Of course, Scotland and England were quite separate countries in the C15th,  but nonetheless it seems rather strange that polyphony might have been "repressed" in Midlothian whilst some of Europe's leading practitioners (John Dunstable, Leonel Power, et all) were active in neighbouring at the time?
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« Reply #6 on: 00:51:18, 02-05-2007 »
It's just more anti Christian rubbish ......
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