Medieval Organum : The Birth of European Harmony feat. Pérotin

This video aims to be a comprehensive, introductory overview at how harmony arose within the Western European tradition from its roots in Early Organum, developping until it took the form that it has today.

Sources:
Organum Duplum aux 12ème et 13ème siècles, Alban Thomas, https://academia.edu/resource/work/84...

Organum, Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/art/organum

Performing Medieval Music, Part 2/3: Turning Monophony Into Polyphony: https://earlymusicmuse.com/performing...

The Ancient Art of Organum:    • The Ancient Art of Organum  

00:00 Intro
02:45 Harmony before Medieval Europe?
08:05 Organum and the Rise of Harmony
11:26 What is transposing to a fourth/fifth?
16:41 The sound of basic Organum
18:45 Why Early Organum sounds strange to some
21:20 Why transpose only to the fourth and fiffh?
23:40 Drone Organum and Harmony
26:30 The vertical lines become independent
33:50 Written down notation becomes paramount
36:50 From Medieval to Renaissance Polyphony
39:12 Modern Western Harmony