Chapters 8 And 9 Flashcards
What is the Burgundian cadence.
Cantus firmus moves 7-7-6-8
Opposed to the Landini cadence where the cantus moves 7-6-8.
what is the influence of English musical culture on the Continent
- musicians joining in their sojourn in France
- rapid increase of performers and composers
- dissemination of English composition in Continental manuscripts
- trade alliances
- Low countries as a pathway between England and France
Aspects of the Contenance Angloise
prevalence for intervals of thirds an sixths in harmonic configurations
- placement of intervals of thirds and sixths in parallel motion
- very little use of dissonances
- preference for syllabic text setting
- preference for simple melodies
- preference for homorhythmic textures
polyphony on latin texts
this is a use of paraphrase technique in presentation of chant melodies. Chants were embellished and often came from Sarum rite. This practice remained in place in England from Middle Ages to the Reformation
Characteristics of disposition of voices in chant
- lower voice progressing third below he chant
- middle voice(countratenor) progressing a fourth below the cantus
Application of faburden technique in other genres
cantilena- free composed with recourse to homorhythm, latin text not based on chant
motet- replacement of isorhythmic practice by 1400
ordinarium missae- embracing simple cantilena and isorhythm. it is the principal source of English polyphony
Cantilena
freely composed, with recourse to homorhythm, Latin text, not based on chant
motet
replacement of isorhythmic practice by 1400
Ordinarium Missae
embracing simple cantilena and isorhythm, principal source of English polyphony
The English Carol
derived from carole, with alternating solo and chorale segments
- 15th century specime in English or Latin
John Dustable
most important English composer
Dunstables compositions
a) isorhthmic motets
b) ordinarium missae
c) settings of chant
d) redefining the motet
What was the English in vogue from the mid-late 15th century
a) Improvised faburden
b) isorhythmic motets
c) paraphrase technique of chant
d) free composition
Band of minstrels perform on
Trumpet drum vielle lute harp organ bagpipes shawms
Philip the Bold of Burgundy
dates- 1363-1404
he is responsible for musical establishment with founding of chapel in 1384.
who developed Philip the Bold of Burgundy’s Chapel
Charles the Bold(1467-1477) Philip the Good (1419-1467)
Binchois’s chansons use
a) use of 3/4(tempus perfectum cuim prolatione imperfecta) and 6/8( tempus imperfectum cum prolatione perfecta)
b) also use hemiola
c) syllabic text setting, especially at beginning of each line of poetry
d) two-part counterpoint between cantus and tenor
e) sparing use of dissonances
f) clear influences of English music
g) reliance on cadence formulas
Who did Martin Luther call the “master of notes”.
Josquin de Pres
What are the characteristics of the ordinary mass in the 15th or 16th century?
A) cantus firmus based B) non-cantus firmus based C) Hexachord D) rotation mass E) plain chant plus hymn F) paraphrase mass G) secular music was put into the mass by G de Fay. Council of Trent help. H) motto mass- motif mass
Conflict of the crown between a French or English ruler of Franch?
100 years war.
How did English music impact composers in the 15th cent.
English Royal victories lead to increasing influence of English composers.
Why did English music never dominate?
Because of the countenance anglosie or English quality.
What was the “English quality”?
More 6ths and 3rds, often in parallel motion and was thought about as being too consonant sounding. Also they paraphrased words.
What is faburden?
English counterpuntal style where a plain chant. Middle voice is joined by an upper voice in perfect for that and a lower voice in thirds.
What is a cantilena?
Polyphonic song based on cantus firmus used especially for polyphonic songs by English composer
What was a 15th cent carol?
English song usually a religious subject.
Who is Guillaume Dufay
-Principal composer of the Burgundian Court.
most famous composer of his time
Guilliame Dufay’s compositions are based on
a) French predecessors
b) Italian predecessor
c) English contemporaries
d) Burgundian contemporaries
French Characteristics
Some reliance upon forme fixe, lengthy melismas, frequent syncopations within and beyond the tactus.
- Free dissonance
- passages in imitation of ars subtilior with rapid notes featured in various subdivisions with attention to triplet figurations
Italian characteristics
- smooth vocal lines, in anticipation of monody.
- melismas on final accented syllable of each line of poetry
- change in mensurartio for B sections of pieces with binary layout, thus in imitation of the change in mensuratio in ritornello of madrigals
Dufay’s ballade
- influence of English music, with equal tunefulness for cantus and tenor
- graceful melodies with emphasis on stepwise rhythmic vitality of French Ars Nova, both with regard to diversity of rhythmis profile and syncopation
- harmonic framework controlled by consonances with limited reliance of dissonances
- replacement of form fixe by free unfolding of music though with a retention of the poetic layout of the forme fixe
Dufay’s Motets and Chants
- predominantly in three voices, with texture adopted from chanson and melody in cantus, suggesting the treble dominated style
- the use of fauxbourdon is inspired by english.
- uses cryptic notation of the fauxbourdon, with cantus and tenor fully notated, contratenor derived through a regula
Regula
canonic inscription indicating the derivation of this voice at the interval of the fourth below, with a precise tracing of the melodic and rhythmic shape of the cantus. Regula concludes with an open fifth or octave
Fauxbourdon can be found in
a) hymns
b) antiphon
c) psalm
d) canticles ( fauxbourdon and falsobordone)
Fauxbourdon
progression in first inversion chords
Falsobordone
progression in root-position chords
Dufay’s Isorhythmic motets
- feature isorhythm, fauxbourdon and free counterpoint.
- relationship between musical structure and architecture in the case of Dufay’s motet Nuper rosarum flores for the consecration of Florence Cathedral in 1436
Polyphonic Mass
- Dufay adopting standard practice of grouping individual movemnets of mass as unified whole.
- often with recourse to the deployment of the same chant laid out in the tenor as a cantus firmus fro the successive movements and use of head-motif technique
Initial stages of Polyphonic mass
preference for grouping of mass movements in pairs, such as Gloria and Credo, with gradual development of mass cycle
-idea of musical links in mass cycles dating back to 13rth century
Cyclic structure in mass is achieved by
- stylistic coherance
- more recognizable connection through use of head-motif, thus a motto mass
- use of same chant for different movements of mass, thus cantus firmus mass or tenor mass, with English composers leading this practice
Features of Cantus Firmus Mass
- tenor as chant-bearing voice long notes, often with recourse to isorhythm
- imposition of rhythm in case of chant melody
- retention of rhythm of original tune in case of secular melody
- in case of secular tune, composers often adopting tune and other elements of the original secular tune, with this type of mass known as cantus-firmus/ imitation mass
- derivation of name of mass generally from the name of borrowed melody in the case of an unknown melody serving as the basis fro the polyphony, mass known as a missa sine nomine
- disposition of voices within the early three-voice cantus firmus
- disposition of voices within the four-voice cantus firmus mass
disposition of voices in three-voice cantus firmus
cantus( or superious or discantus)
contratenor and tenor with borrowed melody in tenor
disposition of voices within the four voice cantus firmus
cantus or superius or discantus
contratenor
tenor
contratenor bassus
Old Hall Manuscript
the principal source of early- fifteenth-century English polyphony
it consists of settings of sections from the mass ordinary along with motets, hymns and sequences
what is dunstables most celebrated motet
Veni creator spiritus and the sequence Veni sancte spiritus. It is both an impressive example of isorhythmic structure and a splendid piece of music, embodying the English Preference for thirds
Dunstables most numerous and historical works are
his three part sacred pieces, settings of antiphons, hymns, Mass sections, and other liturgical or biblical texts.
Paraphrase
in which the melody is given a rhythm and ornamented by adding notes around those of the chant
Motet
-this term was coined in the thirteenth century for pieces that added text to the upper part of a discant clausula, gradually broadened in meaning to encompass any work with texted upper voices above a cantus firmus, whether sacred or secular
Composers in mid 15th century produced 4 principal types of polyphonic compositions. what are they?
- secular chansons with French texts
- motets
- magnificats
- settings of the mass ordinary
Chanson
encompasses any polyphonic setting of a french secular poem in the 15th century. Chansons most often set stylized love poems in the courtly tradition of fine amour and most followed the form of the rondeau
Hemiola
most compositions from this era are in the equivalent of either 3/4 or 6/8 meter. duple meter was used mainly in subdivisions of longer works fto provide contrast. in 6/8 have occasional cross rhythms of three quarter notes.
plainsong mass
a mass in which each movement is based on a chant to to the sane text
motto mass
polyphonic mass in which the movements are linked primarily by sharing the same opening motive or phrase
cantus firmus mass
polyphonic mass in which the same cantus firmus is used in each movement, normally in the tenor
cantus firmus mass/imitation mass
polyphonic mass in which each movement is based on the same polyphonic work,using that works tenor as a cantus firmus and borrowing some elements from the other voices of the model to use in the other voices