0930

†930 – the music of Hucbald

Hucbald was a Benedictine monk active as a music theorist, poet, composer, teacher, and hagiographer.   He was long associated with Saint-Amand Abbey, so is often known as Hucbald of St Amand. Deeply influenced by Boethius‘ De Institutione Musica, Hucbald’s (De) Musica, formerly known as De harmonica institutione, aims to reconcile ancient Greek music theory and the contemporary practice of Gregorian chant with the use of many notated examples. Among the leading music theorists of the Carolingian era, he was likely a near contemporary of Aurelian of Réôme, the unknown author of the Musica enchiriadis, and the anonymous authors of other music theory texts Commemoratio brevis, Alia musica, and De modis.

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Events 930s – Æthelstan first king of England

Æthelstan first king of England Events 936: Alan II, with support from Æthelstan, commences the reconquest of Brittany. c. 936: Gorm the Old becomes the first recognized king of Denmark, and thus the Danish Monarchy is founded. The Althing, the parliament of Iceland, is established at þingvellir (“Thing Fields”). Chieftains from various tribes gather for 2 weeks at a thing (assembly) to settle disputes, arrange marriages, etc.; it continues in existence into the 21st century, as the world’s oldest parliament of the Icelandic Commonwealth.

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