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Fluxus-scores home Below
you find a small selection of the Fluxus-production since
1996. This
sheetmusic can be used freely for private purposes. For publications (in any
form) the prior permission in writing of the maker is required. Some
hundreds of Fluxus-scores were produced.
On request other chants will be posted in Fluxus-notation, free of charge. The book Scores for
Tenth-Century Chant can be ordered here. 5 of the 10 Hartker-responsoria for All Souls' Day
in Fluxus-notation: The
liturgical festival of All Souls' Day (November the 2nd) is a late tenth-century
extension of the festival of All Saints' Day (November the 1st). All Saints'
Day has its origin in fourth-century eastern christianity and commemorated
the different martyrs of faith. In end tenth-century Cluny gradually arose
the idea to extend the commemoration of all martyrs to that of all deceased
christians. All Souls' Day spread over Europe rapidly. The five responsoria
below date around the year 1000 from Saint Gall (Hartker, Saint Gall,
Stiftsbibliothek 390/391). The texts are mostly new ecclesiastical creations.
To modern criteria in these texts people are rather belittled; hell and curse
are a constant threat for human peccability. For these kind of texts many
christians lost their religion in the twentieth century.
5 of the 10 Hartker-responsoria for
Ascension Day in Fluxus-notation: The
liturgical festival of Ascension Day was also not known to the early
Christians; it was considered to be the same as the festival of Easter. In
the fourth century in accordance with Luke a start was made to celebrate the
fourtieth day after Easter as Ascension Day. In the fifth century this use
became general both in the west and in the east. Respect for the number 40
was one reason. In the seventh century the festival got its own Night Vigil.
The next five responsoria are from the Night Office in Saint Gall around the
year 1000 (Hartker, Saint Gall, Stiftsbibliothek 390/391). The texts are
mostly variants of the gospels (Matthew 28:17-19; Mark 16.19; Luke 24:50-51;
Acts 1:4-11). These are also examples of non-psalmic text in gregorian chant
that especially can be found in the Office repertory and in the communions of
the Mass.
5 Einsiedeln-offertoria for different
occasions in Fluxus-notation: Although
christian psalmsinging seems to become commom practice only in the fourth
century, the oldest layer of gregorian chants exists mainly of psalm texts.
The offertoria below have been preserved completely in the oldest known
manuscripts with music notation: Laon 239 (early 10th century, Laon,
bibliothèque municipale 239), Chartres 47 (10th century, preserved in
facsimile but destroyed in WW II), "Mont-Renaud" (Noyon(?) 10th
century, private collection, published in the Paléographie Musicale part 16),
Einsiedeln 121 (10th century, Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek 121).
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