neums

The theme of the workshop will be study of Gregorian chant neums and stylistic performance technique as applied to the repertoire of the monastic office (psalmody, antiphons, responsories, etc.).

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Brother Anselm the precentor, whose mind seldom left its neums and instruments for many seconds together, looked up vaguely, awoke to the question, and stared, wide-eyed.

The Pilgrim of Hate Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1984

Try teaching him his letters instead of the neums, and he may be less ardent. '

The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1983

Eastern rites, too, it is always sung to long neums.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

Notice the greater length of the last farcing to fit the neums of the last Kyrie, which are always longer.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

This return to the version of the MSS. was illustrated happily by the adoption of the note forms of the thirteenth century, which show clearly the groupings of the neums so important for the rhythm.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

The books were written carelessly; the forms of the neums, so important for the rhythm, began to be disregarded, and shortenings of melismata became more general.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

For instance Rupert of Deutz (Rupertus Tuitiensis, O.S. B., twelfth century): "We rejoice rather than sing (jubilamus magis quam canimus). and prolong the neums, that the mind be surprised and filled with the joyful sound, and be carried thither where the saints rejoice in glory" (De Officiis, I).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Thus his assertion (Histoire de l'harmonie, c. ii, pp. 158-159) that the neums "have their origin in the accents of the Latin language", an assumption which became the basis for the so-called oratorical rhythm in plain chant, was disproved long ago by the mensuralist school of chant rhythm and, more recently, by the Rev.J. Thibaut in his work "Origine byzantine de la notation neumatique de l'église latine" (Paris, 1907).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Kyrie was constantly farced with other words to fill up the long neums.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913