Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)

Name: Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)
Author: Engel, Carl

Engel, Carl

Music -- History and criticism

with Richard Coeur    |      | accompanied with the harp, cither,
      de Lion; Sordello     |      | guitar, or some other instrument.
      of Mantua, Peyrols,   |      | The original home of the Troubadours
      Bertrand de Lorm,     |      | was Provence, in the South of France,
      Arnold of Maraviglia, |      | where they originated about the
      Heinrich von Veldeck, |      | beginning of the eighth century.
      Wather von der        |      | Subsequently, at the time of the
      Vogelweide, Reimar    |      | German Minnesaenger, there were also
      der Aeltere, Reimar   |      | Troubadours in Italy, Spain and
      der Zweter, Ulrich    |      | England. Among them were many
      von  Lichtenstein,    |      | noblemen, and even princes.
      Heinrich von          |      |
      Morungen, Wolfram von |      |
      Eschenbach, Hartmann  |      |
      von der Aue,          |      |
      Gottfried von         |      |
      Strassburg, Conrad    |      |
      von Wuerzburg,         |      |
      Johann Hadlaub.       |      |
                            |      |
     The Kingdom            | 1220 |   FRANCO OF COLOGNE, the first
      of Granada            |      | known musical author who treats
      founded by the        |      | circumstantially on the new theory of
      Moors in Spain        |      | Harmony, and who, by expounding it
      (1238).               |      | systematically, greatly contributes to
                            |      | its diffusion. (Forkel, Fetis, and
     Foundation of          |      | some other musical historians,
      the University        |      | maintain that Franco of Cologne lived
      of Vienna             |      | during the second half of the eleventh
      (1237).               |      | century.)
                            |      |
     Cimabue, Giotto,       | 1240 |   Odington (Walter), an English monk,
      Italian painters      |      | writes on music in a manner similar to
      (1240).               |      | that of Franco of Cologne, in Germany.
     Termination of         |      |
      the Crusades          |      |
      (1248).               |      |
     Parliament of          | 1260 |   Hieronymus von Maehren, in France,
      Great Britain.        |      | writes on the theory of music.
      First assembly        |      |
      of the Commons        | 1280 |   ADAM DE LA HALE, of Arras, in
      as a confirmed        |      | France, writes compositions in
      representation        |      | four-part harmony, dramatic pieces,
      (1265).               |      | with songs, etc. He lived in Provence.
     Venice and Genoa       |      |
      are powerful.         |      |
     Invention of Gunpowder | 1290 |   AEgidius, of Zamora, a Spanish monk,
      (1292).               |      | writes on the invention of musical
     Italian poets and      |      | instruments.
      authors: Dante        |      |
      Alighieri (1265-1321);|      |

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Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)Engel, Carl

History

Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)

Engel, Carl

Music -- History and criticism

with Richard Coeur    |      | accompanied with the harp, cither,
      de Lion; Sordello     |      | guitar, or some other instrument.
      of Mantua, Peyrols,   |      | The original home of the Troubadours
      Bertrand de Lorm,     |      | was Provence, in the South of France,
      Arnold of Maraviglia, |      | where they originated about the
      Heinrich von Veldeck, |      | beginning of the eighth century.
      Wather von der        |      | Subsequently, at the time of the
      Vogelweide, Reimar    |      | German Minnesaenger, there were also
      der Aeltere, Reimar   |      | Troubadours in Italy, Spain and
      der Zweter, Ulrich    |      | England. Among them were many
      von  Lichtenstein,    |      | noblemen, and even princes.
      Heinrich von          |      |
      Morungen, Wolfram von |      |
      Eschenbach, Hartmann  |      |
      von der Aue,          |      |
      Gottfried von         |      |
      Strassburg, Conrad    |      |
      von Wuerzburg,         |      |
      Johann Hadlaub.       |      |
                            |      |
     The Kingdom            | 1220 |   FRANCO OF COLOGNE, the first
      of Granada            |      | known musical author who treats
      founded by the        |      | circumstantially on the new theory of
      Moors in Spain        |      | Harmony, and who, by expounding it
      (1238).               |      | systematically, greatly contributes to
                            |      | its diffusion. (Forkel, Fetis, and
     Foundation of          |      | some other musical historians,
      the University        |      | maintain that Franco of Cologne lived
      of Vienna             |      | during the second half of the eleventh
      (1237).               |      | century.)
                            |      |
     Cimabue, Giotto,       | 1240 |   Odington (Walter), an English monk,
      Italian painters      |      | writes on music in a manner similar to
      (1240).               |      | that of Franco of Cologne, in Germany.
     Termination of         |      |
      the Crusades          |      |
      (1248).               |      |
     Parliament of          | 1260 |   Hieronymus von Maehren, in France,
      Great Britain.        |      | writes on the theory of music.
      First assembly        |      |
      of the Commons        | 1280 |   ADAM DE LA HALE, of Arras, in
      as a confirmed        |      | France, writes compositions in
      representation        |      | four-part harmony, dramatic pieces,
      (1265).               |      | with songs, etc. He lived in Provence.
     Venice and Genoa       |      |
      are powerful.         |      |
     Invention of Gunpowder | 1290 |   AEgidius, of Zamora, a Spanish monk,
      (1292).               |      | writes on the invention of musical
     Italian poets and      |      | instruments.
      authors: Dante        |      |
      Alighieri (1265-1321);|      |

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Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 2 (of 2)

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