L.L. Leonin - Dulce Lignum

Its been a long time, several months, since we've spent time on this kind of music in class. Returning to it and listening to it makes me able to see the progression of music as it went up to the Renaissance and into the Baroque. Its almost possible to trace the lineage directly in the sound.

The rhythms are very irregular, and the melody is extremely melismatic, creating arches around the main main themes, but with very few leaps. The singing style contains the nasal quality characteristic of the chant music of the period. It is very difficult to pinpoint an exact form amidst the rest of the activity. The chorus enters at rare intervals after the two solo voices have completed major sections.