Unit 3: Motet Flashcards
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Motet (Middle Ages) background and origins
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- developed in the 13th century
- an important stage in the development of polyphony
- new texts were added to the upper voices of organum
- secular texts often appeared alongside sacred texts; languages were mixed
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Motet (Middle Ages) characteristic features
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- usually in 3 voices
- bottom voice is the cantus firmus
- featured primary harmonic intervals - perfect fourths, fifths, and octaves
- upper voices were generally more rhythmically active and often crossed parts
3
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motet
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- from the French word mot (word), referring to the addition of new texts to existing music
- a vocal composition w/ or w/o instrumental accompaniment
- can be sacred or secular
- flourished from the 13th to the 16th centuries
4
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polytextuality
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- 2 or more texts heard simultaneously
- as a result: words sometimes hard to distinguish
- characteristic feature of 13th-century motet
5
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the _ is a manuscript consisting of two treatises on music theory and a collection of 13th-century polyphonic works
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The Bamburg Codex
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The Bamburg Codex is important source for understanding the _ that was developing during the Middle Ages
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style of notation
7
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The Bamburg Codex includes close to one hundred _ composed between 1260 and 1290
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three-voice motets
8
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The practice of embellishing chants by adding words and/or music was referred to as
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troping
