One of the great things about the Middle Ages was the strong instinct to versify. To hear a teacher is a lesson for today, but to memorize a little ditty--that will instruct for a lifetime. (Still remember the ABC song? Very good!)
Henri de Lubac, for example, opened his Medieval Exegesis with several pages of verses that were composed to help students memorize "the four senses of Scripture".
The New Liturgical Movement posted a Latin ditty on the 8 Gregorian modes. As the verse implies, the modes could be considered as moods, or at least as appropriate to certain moods.
(Be sure to read the instructive comments!)
Some more nice resources on the subject:
http://interletras.com/canticum/Eng/modes_ENG.htm
http://www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/modes.htm
http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/midi/
Henri de Lubac, for example, opened his Medieval Exegesis with several pages of verses that were composed to help students memorize "the four senses of Scripture".
The New Liturgical Movement posted a Latin ditty on the 8 Gregorian modes. As the verse implies, the modes could be considered as moods, or at least as appropriate to certain moods.
(Be sure to read the instructive comments!)
Some more nice resources on the subject:
http://interletras.com/canticum/Eng/modes_ENG.htm
http://www.beaufort.demon.co.uk/modes.htm
http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/midi/
No comments:
Post a Comment