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The Genres of Renaissance Music, 1420-1520
Chapter 5
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Music
Undergraduate 1
09/26/2011

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Cyclic Mass - what was it, who wrote them, approximately when were they written, what features characterize a Cyclic mass?
Definition
What? All movements of the Mass Ordinary unified by a common cantus firmus.
Who? Du Fay
When? 1450s
Example: Se la face ay pale by Du Fay
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Se la face ay pale
Definition
by Du Fay. 1st mass by any composer to use a secular piece for the cantus firmus. Also, a lower like than tenor for once.
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Head Motif
Definition
thematic idea in multiple voices at beginning of a movement or section
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Canon
Definition
one voice generates a second voice generates a third. Example: Missa prolationum by Ockegehem.
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Missa prolationum by Ockegehem
Definition
only two voices are notated, the other two are in canon of the first.
In each movement each voice has its own mensuration. (upper two in imperfect [2], lower in perfect [3].)
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Types of Motets
Definition
1. Liturgical
2. Devotional
3. Occasional
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Liturgical Motet
Definition
Motets that were suitable for the Mass Proper
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Devotional Motet
Definition
Motets that were religious but not sung during the Mass. Nonliturgical.
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Occasional
Definition
Motets that were written for specific occasions, such as a dedication to a cathedral, or on the death of nobility.
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L'homme armé Mass written by....
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Des Prez
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Ockeghem
Definition
Wrote remarkable polyphony
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Busnois
Definition
french composer
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Binchois
Definition
contemporary of du fay
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Dunstable
Definition
mathematicin, astronomer, and musician. wrote lots of motets and mass movements
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Strict Cantus Firmus
Definition
CF in tenor at all times, but may appear in other voices as well
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Canon
Definition
adhere to the principle of strict canon
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Imitation (or parody)
Definition
the CF is incorporated into the new work in
1. all the voices, not just one OR
2. in the opening sections of important movements.
-by the 1550s, this is most dominant type of Mass structure
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Paraphrase
Definition
borrows existing melodic idea from one work and freely imitates it in all voices of a new work
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Cantus Firmus - 3 types
Definition
Can be based on a secular piece or melody
1. strict
2. ostinato
3. free
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Cantus Firmus Ostinato
Definition
CF appears in at least one voice at all times. Ostinato: theme repeated without interruption many times throughout work.
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Free Cantus Firmus
Definition
CF moves from voice to voice or may drop out altogether occasionally
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What happened in 1501? Who was Petrucci?
Definition
He was the first one to use movable metal type to print music. He did so first in 1501.
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Chanson
Definition
-homogeneous texture
-equal rhythm
-pervading imitation
-text: courtly love
-paratactic form
-use of hemiola
-combined with rondo form
-Composers include Sermisy and Janequin
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Frottola
Definition
-texts less serious
-no imitation/counterpoint
-chordal structure
-strophic
-syncopation/hemiola
-I-IV-V-I harmonic patterns
Notable composer: Petrucci
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lira da braccio
Definition
large viol-like instrument held on the shoulder
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crumhorn
Definition
a bent horn
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bladder pipe
Definition
type of babpipe
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warstfaggot
Definition
"sausage bassoon"
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clavichord
Definition
keyboard instrument in renaissance
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basse danse
Definition
popular dance in 15th and 16th centuries. the notated sources perserve only a series of long notes, around which other instruments were expected to improvise their own contrapuntal lines.
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important musical changes that happened in rennaissance
Definition
-standard sonority moved from a layered texture to a homogeneous texture.
-cantus firmus technique replaced isorhythm as the predominant structural principle in large-scale works
-pervading imitation had become a standard feature in almost all generes of music
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absalon, fili mi
Definition
example of occasional motet by josquin de prez
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El Grillo
Definition
A piece by Josquin which is antiphonal and predominately chordal. different than his other works, more similar to frottolas.
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antiphonal
Definition
the back and forth between singers or groups of singers
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