Transcript Lecture 6
Sacred Genre of the Renaissance (1450-1600) • MASS • Service music of Church • MOTET • Based on sacred Latin text Important composers of the Renaissance • Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474) • Josquin des Prez (c. 1440-1521) • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-94) RENAISSANCE MASS • concentration on the Ordinary • texts do not change • Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Agnus Dei • Secular Influences • using non-religious songs in the Mass Guillaume Dufay(1397-1474) • Born in Burgundy, worked in Italy, then returned to Cambrai Kyrie from L’homme armé Mass • By Dufay • Kyrie: first musical part of the Mass • Text in three parts: Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy • Sound: different from Medieval music? • Texture: homophonic or polyphonic? • Meter: triple or duple? Kyrie from L’homme armé Mass • Listening Guide 7 • Based on popular tune called L’homme armé • Use of preexisting tune is called CANTUS FIRMUS • Slow notes, in tenor voice • Three sections or music: (Lord have mercy-Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy) Josquin Desprez • (c. 1440-1521) • Another Flemish composer who worked in Italy: • Ducal chapel at Milan, • Sistine chapel in Rome • Ferrara • Later returned north-provost of church of Notre Dame in Conde sur ‘Escaut. Josquin Desprez • One of the first composers to have his works widely performed throughout Europe • Emerging concept of genius Josquin, Ave Maria… Virgo serena • Listening guide 8 • Motet • A sacred work in Latin • Different Textures • IMITATION: a melody is presented in one voice and restated in another • homophony: melody and accompaniment Josquin Ave Maria • homophonic writing used to bring out the text in specific places-- as a type of musical rhetoric • At Hail, true virginity • at the personal prayer-- “Remember ME” • Different combinations of voices • How is the sound different from that of Medieval music? Church History • Protestant reformation • Early 16th century • Counter-Reformation • Response of Catholic church to reformation • Council of Trent • Reform movement in Catholic Church • 1545-63 • Decided that text should be understood in church music Giovanni Palestrina • Most important composer of late Renaissance • 1525-94 • Italian, worked in Rome at Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s. Pope Marcellus Mass (Gloria) • By Palestrina • The Legend of Palestrina • Six voice texture (full sound) • Clear text setting • Ideals of Council of Trent (1545-1563) • Different combinations of voices • Often uses reduced voicing