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In Reply to: The Devil's SEVENTH posted by jdarby on March 24, 2005 at 05:06:37:
Hi-Well, I don't want to come off as contentious, but I will candidly say that this assertion strikes me as very suspect.
I would appreciate it if you could point me in the direction of a source for it. I will tell you in advance that as far as I am concerned, that you may remember a lecture in Music 101 where whoever it was who was teaching made this claim, will not support it.
And I am well aware that unsupported assertions of "the Church banned this or that" is daily fare in what passes for higher education in the US. That's not your fault but it isn't scholarship either.
Had you looked at the source I linked to, you would have seen the author showing that although the augmented fourth was __disfavored__ for practical reasons first and the later from tradition and intertia, she also showed quite a few examples of its use. And, that the famous "Diabolus in musica" quote can't be traced back earlier than 1725, IIRC. Both of which were news to me, and I had what I consider a pretty good music history education, and have taught it too.
The Roman Catholic Church, often through the Pope but often through the Bishops acting together, has at times banned various things, such as membership in Freemasonry or the Communist Party.
I have studied church music academically and as an informed layperson, and I am unaware of "the Church" "banning" anything having to do with music. Gregory codified chant, and for many centuries chant was the only option. However, after the 10th century, certain local bishops did allow the development of non-plainchant styles, first with harmony and then with counterpoint. It is possible that a certain Bishop may have promulgated a decree for the churches within his episcopacy, that certain harmonies or melodic intervals were not permitted, while others were. If so, I haven't seen any such document or any reference to it. If such exists, I'd really appreciate learning about it, as we should all always be very open to learning new things.
Cordially,
John Marks
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- Umm, sounds like another musicological urban legend - John Marks 10:23:20 03/24/05 (0)
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