Orpheus’ Echo, A carolingian soundscape - Per-Sonat, Sabine Lutzenberger dir.

Ensemble: Per-Sonat Album: Orpheus’ Echo Video: Latin 6862, IX secolo (Carolingian Manuscript) • Orpheus was able to beguile the gods, humans and wild animals with his song and even soften stones - his ancient legendary figure became a myth. We also encounter this myth in the Middle Ages: at the end of the 9th century, the function of polyphonic music is described for the first time in the famous manual “Musica enchiriadis“. The author chooses Orpheus as a model for his students. In theology, Orpheus, who descended into the realm of the dead and came back again, is equated with Christ by the Doctor of the Church Augustine. The popularity of the texts of the ancient poet Horace in the Middle Ages is also shown by recorded melodies, which were written down in various sources with neume signs. The ensemble Per-Sonat under the direction of Sabine Lutzenberger has reconstructed the medieval melodies to Horace’s ancient odes and juxta