PARIS 1200 : École de Notre-Dame

2026 I Musica Ficta

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In the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, the Notre-Dame School in Paris laid the foundations of European polyphony. From Léonin to Pérotin, the art of vocal music moved beyond plainchant and blossomed into a polyphony of unprecedented complexity and daring.

A true milestone in musical history, this art combined spiritual fervour and architectural rigour in a creative impulse such as had never been seen before. The Huelgas Ensemble restores its splendour with historical precision and arresting intensity.

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Anonymus : Acclamaties ‘Laudes Regiae’ ter ere van de Franse koning Philippe August (1165-1223)

Magister Leoninus (floruit 1170-1200) : organum Haec Dies

Anonymus (ca. 1260) : motet O Maria maris stella (duplum) / O Maria dei cella (triplum) / O Maria virgo (quadruplum) / Veritate (tenor)

Anonymus (ca. 1250) : conductus Crucifigat omnes

Magister Perotinus (floruit 1207-1238) : organum Viderunt omnes

Anonymus (ca. 1290) : isoritmisch motet Cum apertam sepulturam

Anonymus (ca. 1250) : Agnus Dei / tropus Exultet hec concio

Anonymus (ca. 1250) : conductus Belial vocatur

Anonymus (ca. 1280) : motet Homo miserabilis (duplum) / Homo luge fuge (triplum) /

Brumans est mors (tenor)

Anonymus (ca. 1290) : isoritmisch motet Balaam de quo vaticinans

Anonymus (ca. 1230 - Perotinus ?) : canon Benedicamus Domino