Cantional
Kantional even Kanzional , Cantional , Cantionale (from Latin Cantio , singing ' ) is a non-uniformly used term, referring to z. B. on medieval collections of Latin and vernacular, mainly sacred chants. In the Czech and Slovak Protestant regions in particular, kancionál is synonymous with hymn book . In Germany, too, the term was occasionally used in a similar sense, but mostly referred to a text and music book for simple polyphonic church singing without instrumental accompaniment. The genre emerged in the Lutheran countries of Germany in the 16th century and offered choirs and schools the basic repertoire for the musical organization of church services .
In addition to parts of the Latin liturgy, cantionals mainly contained the German hymns of the Reformation and Baroque periods in mostly four-part homophonic movements with the melody in the soprano . This form of processing, which allowed the text to be understood, and in some cases also allowed the community to sing along, is therefore called a cantional sentence . Cantional movements sung to this day come from Michael Praetorius ( EG 29, 30, 69), Melchior Vulpius (EG 103, 437, 467), Johann Hermann Schein and Johann Crüger (EG 320, 324, 447).
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Individual evidence
- ^ Jiří Sehnal, Werner Braun: Cantional. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- ↑ Marc Honegger, Günther Massenkeil (ed.): The great lexicon of music. Volume 2: C - Elmendorff. Updated special edition. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 1987, ISBN 3-451-20948-9 , p. 34.
- ↑ so in Johann Hermann Schein : Cantional, or Gesangbuch Augsburgischer Konfession, 1627, 39: 148641Y in VD 17th , quoted from the Early New High German Dictionary .