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Catholicism's effect on music encompasses the Gregorian Chant, works commissioned by the church for classical music, and the origins of Solfège.

History

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Gregorian Chant

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Main article : Gregorian Chant

Pope Gregory I is usually credited with creating the Gregorian chant, but most scholars agree he introduced the chant from earlier Roman and Gallican Chants.[1] These chants are usually sung with no music, and can be sung using six-note patterns called hexachords.[2] These are notably still notated today using neume, the way in writing music in which our current music notation evolved from, and are usually credited with popularizing neume.[3]

Solfège

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Main article : Solfège

Solfèdge was created by benidictian monk Guido of Arezoo to help simplify the concepts of pitch for his students.[4] Guido got musical syllables from the latin hymn "Ut queant laxis", a hymn made for the Catholic saint, St. John the Baptist, by another benidictian monk named Paulus Diaconus, or Paul the Deacon.[5] At the time of its creation, the system originally only had five musical syllables; Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, La.[6] Over time though, it evolved into the solfèdge system we know today.[7]

Classical Music

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Main article : Classical Music

During the Classical Period, many different writers, like Ludwig Van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadues Mozart, wrote music for the Catholic mass. A substantial amount of famous classical music pieces, like Reqiuem in D minor, were written for specific Catholic masses like Easter or Christmas.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Murray 1963, pp. 3–4.
  2. ^ "What is Gregorian chant?". Classical Music. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  3. ^ "Neume | Notation, Chant, Manuscripts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  4. ^ "Music In The Middle Ages | Music and the Roman Catholic Church". fraryguitar.com. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  5. ^ Britain), Musical Association (Great (1893). Proceedings of the Musical Association. Stanley Lucas, Weber & Company.
  6. ^ "The Solfège History – Sight Singing – Ear Training Melodies and Exercises". 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
  7. ^ Carrol, Lucas (2022-02-04). "Who Invented Solfege? | Expert Review | - The Modern Record". Retrieved 2023-09-11.
  8. ^ "The History of Mozart's Requiem". Concert Vienna. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2023-10-20.