Abstract This paper briefly describes a specific recording of the 12th century Christmas music "Aquitania" by the group Sequentia. It looks at how "Aquitania", is comprised of eighteen tracks with many different performer combinations and how throughout the recording, Sequentia uses both a male ensemble and a female ensemble with various other performers and soloists.
From the Paper "As an early music group, Sequentia focuses on medieval music and specifically spends most of their time with chants, stories, and music (Sequentia music group). Throughout their history, Sequentia has been comprised of only a few long term members and was founded in 1977 by Benjamin Bagby and Barbara Thornton. Besides being the fundamental founder of Sequentia, Benjamin Bagby, is also a harpist and composer. Currently he is now the director of the group and Thornton has since passed away in 1998 (www.sequentia.org). After Thornton's death, she was replaced by Katarina Livljanic. There have been other short term members hired specifically for different recordings. Also, "This group takes an innovative approach to medieval repertoires, especially with respect to their treatment of mode: they rely on the harmonic qualities of their voices to guide them through the different modes" (Benjamin Bagby). Sequentia was founded in Cologne, Germany, and they are now based in Paris France. "
