Hymn Ut queant laxis

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"Ut queant laxis" is a medieval Latin hymn whose successive phrases provided the syllables that Guido of Arezzo adapted into the original solfège system (ut–re–mi–fa–sol–la).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin hymn
liturgical chant
medieval hymn
associatedConcept Guidonian hand NERFINISHED
hexachord system
solfège
associatedSaint Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED
centuryOfOrigin 8th century
dateWritten 8th century
function office hymn for the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
genre hymn
hasRhymeScheme classical quantitative meter rather than rhyme
hasSection Antra deserti
Mira gestorum
Ut queant laxis NERFINISHED
influenced Guido of Arezzo NERFINISHED
inspired later solfège systems
language Latin
laterDevelopmentFrom Gregorian hymn tradition
liturgicalFeast Nativity of Saint John the Baptist NERFINISHED
liturgicalUse Liturgy of the Hours NERFINISHED
Vespers NERFINISHED
metricalForm Sapphic stanza NERFINISHED
mode Gregorian chant mode
musicalRole model for hexachordal solmization
musicalTradition Gregorian chant NERFINISHED
notableFor providing syllables for the original solfège system
originalSolfègeSyllable fa
la
mi
re
sol
ut
preservedIn medieval chant manuscripts
regionOfOrigin Western Europe NERFINISHED
relatedWork Roman Catholic hymnody
religiousTradition Christianity
subject praise of Saint John the Baptist
syllabicStructure each phrase begins on a successive scale degree
textAuthor Paulinus II of Aquileia NERFINISHED
Paulinus of Aquileia NERFINISHED
textIncipit Ut queant laxis resonare fibris
usedBy Guido of Arezzo NERFINISHED
usedFor pedagogy of medieval music theory
teaching pitch relationships

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Guido of Arezzo usedMelodySourceForSolfège Hymn Ut queant laxis