Conductus

Word CONDUCTUS
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What do we mean by conductus?

A medieval song, normally with a sacred text, often sung in Latin.

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The word "conductus" in example sentences

This prose or "conductus", however, was not a part of the office, but only a preliminary to Vespers sung while the procession of subdeacons moved from the church door to the choir. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

I have some music reading dates set up w/JmB and JO - medieval conductus, 17th century monody (Luzzaschi, anyone?), and hot, fresh compositions by JmB. ❋ Celeste Winant (2007)

Its homophonic and homorhythmic style recall the old conductus, long since fallen ou of fashion. ❋ Lu (2009)

After the Suppression of the Jesuits, Boscovich became a captain in the French navy and was able to travel through France using a salvus conductus given him by Louis XV. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This new type of song could be heard in the church above all as conductus, or in the place of the Benedicamus, or, at the cathedral of Le Puy, as farsumen. ❋ Lu (2009)

Arabic influence may have some part in the genesis of the songs, although the tonality of the Cantigas (mainly Dorian and Mixolydian modes) and basic structure are European; the virelai serves as the basic form, already in use with the Latin conductus, and divided into refrain – mudanza – vuelta – refrain (AA-bb-aa-AA, as in N.º 361). ❋ Lu (2009)

The conductus heard here survives only in the Le Puy sources, and its style shows that the office itself originated in the period when his song art was in full flower. ❋ Lu (2009)

There are two distinct textures for the polyphonic works: a “discant” style, in which the two voice parts generally move together (as in the conductus and the Benedicamus tropes), and an “organal” style in which the upper voice part sings a rhapsodic melody against the long-held notes of a lower tenor voice based on a liturgical chant (as in adiutor an the tropped Kyrie: Cunctipotens). ❋ Lu (2009)

Then, singing another conductus, the clerks move on to the meal in the refectory, where another ceremony takes place, with a reading and farsumen. ❋ Lu (2009)

After a request for blessing adressed to the bishop, followed by the blessing itself, a processional chant conductus takes us from the chancel to the Chapter house. ❋ Lu (2009)

They demonstrate a variety of musical forms from the period, including the conductus and motet. ❋ Bls (2007)

Sciendum ergò, cum ab eo petitur securus conductus, nemini denegare consueuit, sed datur petentibus communiter sigillum eius, in appenditione absque literis: hoc sigillum, pro vexillo in virga aut hasta dum peregrini ferunt, omnes Sarraceni videntes illud flexis genibus in terram se reuerenter inclinant, et portantibus omnem exhibent humanitatem. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Iste senex cùm viderit aliquem iuuenem formosum et robustum, posuit eum in illo paradiso; Per quosdam autem conductus descendere facit vinum et lac abundantèr. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Cum igitur ipsis sit necessarius Soldani Babyloniæ conductus eo quod ❋ Unknown (2004)

Huius per tria latera dependent retia seu cortinæ de cordulis sericis, in quibus ad singulos nodos, grossa margarita habetur innexa, quibus cortinis tegitur officina: in eius concauitate tenetur tumba quadrata, in qua conueniunt conductus omnium potuum, qui bibuntur in Curia, et innumera vasorum genera, quibus potus omnibus ministratur. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Cum igitur ipsis sit necessarius Soldani Babyloni� conductus eo quod ❋ Unknown (2003)

Sciendum erg�, cum ab eo petitur securus conductus, nemini denegare consueuit, sed datur petentibus communiter sigillum eius, in appenditione absque literis: hoc sigillum, pro vexillo in virga aut hasta dum peregrini ferunt, omnes Sarraceni videntes illud flexis genibus in terram se reuerenter inclinant, et portantibus omnem exhibent humanitatem. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Huius per tria latera dependent retia seu cortin� de cordulis sericis, in quibus ad singulos nodos, grossa margarita habetur innexa, quibus cortinis tegitur officina: in eius concauitate tenetur tumba quadrata, in qua conueniunt conductus omnium potuum, qui bibuntur in Curia, et innumera vasorum genera, quibus potus omnibus ministratur. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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