France - Renaissance

Question 1

Which French composers’ work appears in our listening examples?

Answer 1

Guillaume de Machaut
Guillaume Dufay
Clement Janequin
Claude Le Jeune
Josquin des Prez
Pierre de la Rue
Johannes Ockeghem
Jacob Obrecht
Jan Sweelinck

Question 2

Which choral masterwork was written by Guillaume de Machaut?

Answer 2

Messe de Notre Dame

Question 3

Which notable work in this list was written by Guillaume Dufay?

Answer 3

Missa l’homme arme

Question 4

Which French composers wrote Masses on this list?

Answer 4

Machaut, Dufay, des Prez, & Ockegem

Question 5

Whose vernacular chansons appear in this list?

Answer 5

Machaut, Janequin, Le Jeune, & des Prez

Question 6

Which Catholic liturgical sacred genres did Franco-Flemish composers write?

Answer 6

Mass cycles and movements
Requiems
Latin motets
Magnificats

Question 7

Which Protestant sacred genres did Franco-Flemish composers write?

Answer 7

Psalm settings
Sacred chansons

Question 8

Which genre was the most prominent form of Franco-Flemish secular music?

Answer 8

Chanson

Question 9

Describe the attributes of Franco-Flemish Mass settings.

Answer 9

Usually based on preexisting melodies
Melodies as cantus firmus in tenor (early)
Melodies as imitative material (later)
Gregorian chants were a main source of material
Chansons were popular sources with earlier composers

Question 10

Describe the attributes of early, middle, and late Franco-Flemish motets.

Answer 10

Early - Gregorian chant in canon
Middle - chant as basis for imitation
Late - text pieces as basis for imitation

Question 11

Describe the attributes of Franco-Flemish Magnificats.

Answer 11

Mostly early and middle Renaissance
Alternating passages of polyphony and Gregorian chant

Question 12

What is alternatim style?

Answer 12

Alternating passages of polyphony and Gregorian chant

Question 13

In which three styles would late Renaissance Franco-Flemish composers set psalter tunes?

Answer 13

1. Hymn-like, with tune in tenor
2. Slightly adorned, soprano on melody
3. Motet-like, fully imitative

Question 14

Who were earlier composers of chansons?

Answer 14

Dufay, Ockegem, La Rue, & some Josquin

Question 15

Describe the attributes of early, middle, and late chansons.

Answer 15

Early - formes fixes
Middle - imitative, motet style
Late - “Parisian” homophonic style

Question 16

Describe the character of French/Franco-Flemish Renaissance music.

Answer 16

Single texts
Integrated musical material
Imitative textures