48th Post: (90) World Music Types

MUSIC CATEGORIES IN OUR WORLD

Gregorian Chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant , a form of monophonic unaccompanied sacred song in Latin (and occasionally Greek) of the Roman Catholic Church. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, with later additions and redactions. An example of Gregorian Chant: “Monks of the Abbey of St Ottilien, Germany” (https://youtu.be/rly1kJOaUxs) (RQ 10). Although popular legend credits Pope Gregory I with inventing Gregorian chant, scholars believe that it arose from a later Carolingian synthesis of Roman chant or Gallican chant. Some scholars speculate that it was named in honor of the contemporary Pope Gregory II. Nevertheless, the lore surrounding Pope Gregory I was sufficient to culminate in his portrayal as the actual author of Gregorian Chant.

Gregorian chant has in its long history been subjected to a series of redactions to bring it up to changing contemporary tastes and practice. The more recent redaction undertaken in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Pierre, Solesmes, has turned into a huge undertaking to restore the allegedly corrupted chant to a hypothetical “original” state. Early Gregorian chant was revised to conform to the theoretical structure of the modes. In 1562–63, the Council of Trent banned most sequences. Guidette’s Directorium chori, published in 1582, and the Editio medicea, published in 1614, drastically revised what was perceived as corrupt and flawed “barbarism” by making the chants conform to contemporary aesthetic standards. In 1811, the French musicologist Alexandre-Etienne Choron as part of a conservative backlash following the liberal Catholic orders’ inefficacy during the French Revolution, called for returning to the “purer” Gregorian chant of Rome over French corruptions.

The all-time best Hawaiian music playlist from Kings Hawaiian:

1. lyggs – Don Ho. (RQ 8)
2. Local Boys – Na Leo Pilimehana (RQ 6)
3. Let’s Talk Story – Hawaiian Style Band (RQ 10)
4. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride – Mark Keali’i Ho’omalu and the Kamehameha School Children’s Chorus (RQ 10)
5. Na Hale O Naue https://youtu.be/du5G3EC-3Lw
6. Waika – Brothers Cazimero. (RQ 10)
7. Flying With Angels – Na Leo Pilimehana (RQ 10)
8. Kona Red – Ho’aikane. (RQ 10+)
9. Guava Jelly – Ka’au Crater Boys. (RQ 10)
10. Home in the Islands – Brothers Cazimero. (RQ 10)
11. Honolulu City Lights – Beamer Brothers. (RQ 10)
12. Island Love – Peter Moon Band. (RQ 10+)
13. Waikiki – Andy Cummings. (RQ 5)
14. About You – Cecilio & Kapono (RQ 10)
15. Akaka Falls Hula – Nathan Aweau. (RQ 7)
16. Take Me Home Country Road – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole. (RQ 9)
17. Love & Honesty – Hawaiian Style Band. (RQ 10)
18. I Miss You My Hawaii – Na Leo Pilimehana. (RQ 10)
19. Waterfall – Willie K. (RQ 10)
20. Island Style – John Cruz. (RQ 8)
21. Hele On To Kauai – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole. (RQ 10)
22. Kokomo – The Beach Boys. (RQ 9)
23. Shave Ice – Loyal Garner (RQ 10)
24. Mr. Sun Cho Lee – Beamer Brothers (RQ 10)
25. White Sandy Beaches – Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole. (RQ 8)
26. “Drop Baby Drop” Sean Na’auao. https://youtu.be/ELhMo-Y_8YY (RQ10)
27. Ku’u Home O Kahalu’u – Olomana. (RQ 10)
28. Maunaleo Keali’i Reichel (https://youtu.be/u8L_sNPxLag)
29. E O Mai – Keali’i Reichel (RQ 10)
30. Better Together – Jack Johnson (RQ 8)
31. “Spirits in the Wind” Willie Kahaiali’i (https://youtu.be/GeR1KazrHgA) (RQ 10)
32. Lei Pua Kenikeni – Mark Yamanaka (RQ 6)
33. The Pina Colada Song – Escape. (RQ 10). Artist: Rupert Holme
34. Little Grass Shack – Melveen Leed. (RQ 4)
35. Bubble Toes – Jack Johnson (RQ 8)
36. Fish and Poi – Sean Na’auao. (RQ 10+)
37. Menehune Beach Bum Boogie – Imua (RQ 10)
38. Back to the Island – Leon Russell (RQ 10)
39. Blue Hawaii – Elvis. (RQ 10)
40. I’ll Remember You – Kui Lee. (RQ 10)
41. Mermaid – Train. (RQ 10+)
42. Kanaka Wai Wai – Olomana (RQ 10).