Vox Organalis
In the first occidental polyphony (9th - 11th centuries), the so-called organum , the vox organalis denotes the second voice to be added to the melody part. In general, this second voice, possibly apart from the beginning or the end of the phrases , moved in a rather rigid parallel movement at a distance of a fourth , fifth or octave below the vox principalis . The Vox Organalis was first mentioned in the manuscript Musica enchiriadis . In the further development (Milanese organ extract), the Vox Organalis is also above the Vox Principalis . In the 11th century, with Johannes Affligemensis , the two voices can cross each other. In the 12th century this voice was then given melisms .
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- ↑ Karl Heinrich Wörner, Lenz Meierott History of Music: A study and reference book Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht 1993, p. 86