on 6/13/03 4:22 PM, John Howell wrote: > Brad Beyenhof wrote: >> This can be traced back to the days of plainchant, in which a device called >> "hocket" (French for "hiccup") was essentially a melody passed around >> between lines. > > Right idea, but it was used in polyphonic music, not plainchant. > (The term and practice in plainchant would be "antiphonal" chanting, > which is rather different.) It was described by Wlater Odington (c. > 1316). The main difference between, e.g., this and Tchaikovsky is > that in hocket when voice one passes the melody to voice two, voice > one remains silent instead of continuing in its own counterpoint.
Ah yes... I suppose I just meant "chant" (which can and does encompass everything from plainchant to polyphonic conductus to motets). ------------- Brad Beyenhof [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
