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The Middle Ages – Sacred Music
Phos Hilaron (O, Joyful Light)
Early Christian music and Gregorian chant. Phos Hilaron (O, Joyful Light), оne of the oldest known Christian hymns.
Traditional Gregorian chants
Early Christian music and Gregorian chant. Traditional Gregorian chants performed by Benedictine monks.
Example of organum from the IXth century
Polyphony and the Beginnings of Multipart Music. Example of organum from the 9th century.
Bamberg Codex
One of the most important manuscripts documenting the early stage of polyphony is the Bamberg Codex, preserved in the State Library of Bamberg, Germany. This manuscript contains over 100 motets from the 13th century, written in three voices.
