Plainchant

As a music student, I spend a lot of time listening to, playing, and experiencing different genres of music. In my music history class we've been looking at the history of plainchant or Gregorian chant (think monks from the 12th century). As much as people talk about how boring that style of music is (I mean after all, they just keep going back to the same note all the time and between that they only go up and down within an octave), I love it. Like really, really love it!

I have been listening to plainchant all week and enjoying every single minuet of it. My favorite composer thus far is Hildegard von Bingen. She was an extrodinary woman, focused on her Creator and on the obtainment of knowledge. Various books on science, medicine, music, theology, and many other topics are accredited to her name. She was one of the first people to write an entire musical production. She's my hero.

To say the least, looking at music in a very simplistic form has been a wonderful eye opener for me. I'm enjoying every minute that I get to spend learning about the various aspects of music; all the way from Biblical times to present day.