An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score
An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score
An Outline of The History of Western Music Grout ... - The Reel Score
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a) Pertrucci's 1st publication<br />
(1) Contains chansons written between 1470 & 1500<br />
(2) By composers from late Burgundian era to the generation <strong>of</strong> Obrecht, Isaac, &<br />
Josquin<br />
(3) <strong>The</strong> contained 4 voice chansons indicative <strong>of</strong> a developing genre<br />
i) fuller texture<br />
ii) a more completely imitative counterpoint<br />
iii) clearer harmonic structure<br />
iv) greater equality <strong>of</strong> voices<br />
v) duple meter replacing the more common triple meter <strong>of</strong> the Burgundian era<br />
7. <strong>Music</strong><br />
a) Bass was now extended downward to G or F (rarely notated below c before 1450)<br />
b) Cantus Firmus assigned to the tenor<br />
c) Overwhelming consonant sound<br />
d) Secular compostion did not lag far behind Mass compositions in prestige & craft<br />
e) Use <strong>of</strong> fugal imitation<br />
(1) Each phrase <strong>of</strong> the text is assigned a musical subject that is then taken up by<br />
each <strong>of</strong> the voices<br />
(2) Subject is usually imitated exactly at the unison, octave, fifth, or fourth<br />
(3) First voices to enter either drop out after stating the subject or continue with<br />
free counterpoint until a cadence is reached<br />
(4) Before the last voice has finished its phrase, a different voice begins the next<br />
phrase <strong>of</strong> text with a new subject<br />
8. Forms<br />
a) Masses<br />
(1) Masses without a cantus firmus sometimes took titles from the mode in which<br />
they were written<br />
(2) Masses were also named for a structural feature<br />
(3) Masses having neither a cantus firmus nor any other identifying pecularity<br />
were called "Missa sine nomine" (Mass without a name)<br />
b) Chanson<br />
(1) Expanded the miniature proportions typical <strong>of</strong> early Burgundian chansons into<br />
larger musical forms<br />
(2) <strong>The</strong>y were freely altered, rearranged, and transcribed for instruments<br />
(3) Provided an inexhaustible supply <strong>of</strong> cantus firmi for Masses<br />
c) Canon<br />
(1) Mensuration Canon - two voices move at different rates <strong>of</strong> speed<br />
i) simple augmentation or diminuation - second voice moving in note values<br />
twice or half as long as the first<br />
ii) other complex relationship or these devices in combination<br />
iii) could start on a different pitch<br />
(2) Double Cannon<br />
i) two or more canons sung or played simultaneously
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