Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Question 1

Composer:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 1

Guillaume de Machaut

Question 2

Genre:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 2

Rondeau (forme fixe); type of chanson

Question 3

Date:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 3

mid-14thcentury (Ars nova)

Question 4

Origin:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 4

Probably Reims (royal court entertainment)

Question 5

Texture:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 5

Non-imitative polyphony

Question 6

Parts:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 6

Triplum (highest part); Cantus (main melody); Contratenor and Tenor provide support.

Question 7

Form:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 7

rondeau (ABaAabAB);

remember, this is one of the three formes fixes in secular French music. Section A serves as a refrain, so you hear it several times in the performance.(Section a [lower case] means the music is the same, but the text is different from Section A [upper case].

Question 8

Text:

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 8

Courtly love song; in praise of a beautiful woman; use of nature imagery for flattery. [Note: text is only printed in the Cantus part, but all four voices are sung on our recording.

Question 9

Listening clue(s):

Rose, liz, printemps, verdure

Answer 9

Very clear refrain “Rose, liz…”; melismas at various points