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Chicago Humanities Festival - Part 2
The Dorothy Parker show was a bit of a disappointment. There's the germ of a good idea, but it needs work. It's uneven, jumping around too much both chronologically and thematically. Only one song really jumped out at me, "Some Men". But Karen Mason was, as ever, excellent.
Earlier today, though, I went to an absolutely fascinating lecture/performance on Gregorian Chant: Medieval Time Travel, with musicologist Peter Jeffrey and Ars Musica. Jeffrey's would talk about a point, and Ars Musica would then demonstrate. Jeffery posits that chant allowed its listeners to be “present” at Biblical events as they were happening, noting that, especially with music for Christmas, events are described as happening "today" but in the past tense. He also talked about how different antiphons would be used for the same hymn, depending upon the liturgical event. And, of course, medieval time was measured by the church calendar, not only in terms of church holidays, but hours of the day were marked by specific prayers, and we still see the reflection in our language ("noon" from "nones", etc.)
And I got a good bit of reading for the Noh class done on the bus to and from both events.
Now I'm sitting with my feet up drinking a cup of tea.
Earlier today, though, I went to an absolutely fascinating lecture/performance on Gregorian Chant: Medieval Time Travel, with musicologist Peter Jeffrey and Ars Musica. Jeffrey's would talk about a point, and Ars Musica would then demonstrate. Jeffery posits that chant allowed its listeners to be “present” at Biblical events as they were happening, noting that, especially with music for Christmas, events are described as happening "today" but in the past tense. He also talked about how different antiphons would be used for the same hymn, depending upon the liturgical event. And, of course, medieval time was measured by the church calendar, not only in terms of church holidays, but hours of the day were marked by specific prayers, and we still see the reflection in our language ("noon" from "nones", etc.)
And I got a good bit of reading for the Noh class done on the bus to and from both events.
Now I'm sitting with my feet up drinking a cup of tea.