CE Hereford Cathedral Wed,13th April 2016

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

?? Are you sure you're not thinking of Quemadmodum?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGm5GpVRs6Y

[french frank]

I've never heard it. What does it mean?

A Gumby part?

http://www.gumbysautoparts.com/

[Vox Humana]

The Gumby line/part refers to monorhythmic cantus firmi in Tudor music. The name was inspired by these characters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7GBwO3_czc

[Wolsey]

I thought it referred to this...

[Vox Humana]

All I can say is that, when I first heard the term in Oxford at the end of the 70s, I asked about it and was told that it referred to the Monty Python character with the gumboots and knotted handkerchief. It was clear that a tongue-in-cheek analogy was being drawn between the plodding tediousness of Tudor equal-note cantus firmi and the dull-witted simplicity of "Mr Gumby". (Actually I was referred specifically to the "My brain hurts" sketch which is also on YouTube.)

[light_calibre_baritone]

Gosh, I haven't heard that term for over 30 years. I'm glad to see it is still current (but shouldn't the G be capitalised? :) )

It's very much alive and well!

[ardcarp]

The longest note c-f I've ever encountered was in Perotin's Viderunt Omnes. Wonderful piece, BTW. I can't help wondering if some sort of organ was meant to sustain it? Last time we also added (without any scholarly justification) tiny temple bells which pinged every now and then.